Within Nabatean polytheism, the importance of the Nabatean god Dushara increased with the political and economic development of the Nabataean kingdom, said a German archaeologist. “Being a regional god of the rocky area of Petra and the close by Shara Mountains, Dushara became the city god in the middle of the 3rd BC when Petra was established as a station on the old incense road from south Arabia to the ...