The culture that built Petra is lost in legend and archaeological confusion, but in the city's final days it was used as a hideout by desert bandits.

During an attac by desert bandits, Nestorius was injured in one such raid.

On the road to the Pyramid they were stopped and questioned by four desert bandits, depicted as distant ancestors of the Beagle Boys.

The desert bandit had been awake most of the night, and now he sleepily cursed Gaethaa for sending him to took after the horses.

But the attackers weren't Hanjii, they were borjuni; although the desert bandits are extremely dangerous, they're also generally very slow about killing their prey.

The monastery suffered attacks by desert bandits, and Nestorius was injured in one such raid.

A leader of a pack of desert bandits, apparently,' said Victor.

The thirty-eight-year-old leader of a group of desert bandits who attack travelers in the Nyllard Desert.

"It means the desert bandits ride in single file, though," said the youth.

"Easier to take the money and leave, then move on to the next desert bandit who has notions of naming himself tanzeer."