Scholars motivated Unesco to include the Desert Cities in the Negev falling on the Incense Route as a World Heritage Site in Israel. It is a wonderful mistake of academic world designed by human intelligence of our times. What is the Hebrew word for the English ‘Desert’?

The four Nabatean towns : Haluza, Mamshit and Avdat and Shivta have been shown as a part of Negev Desert without knowing what this ‘Negev’ means and why ‘Negev’ was known to the Bible in its time as ‘South’; it is also very interesting to learn how Nabatean has been described in OT narratives is unknown to our eminent biblical scholars. ‘Naba’ and Mt Nebo of the Bible identifies the ‘Middle of the World’ or the ‘Nabhi-sthala’ or the ‘navel of the world where all world epics and mythologies happened. Kadesh like Canaan was a part of this land lying very close to the Salt Sea. ‘South’ of the OT is defined according to the geographical existence of the Sajur Valley, same as Valley of the river Saraju which had its source in Manasseh or the Lake Manasrovara. Negev identifies the ‘Settlements of the Serpents’ or the ‘Nagas’. Troy as same as Tyre of Alexander identifies Troy of Homer and Ajodhya of the epic the Ramayana.

Name of Mediterranean is not in the OT but scholars are fascinated to cite this name to mark the ‘junction of the seas’. Without speaking anything on the frankincense and the incense land that relates the Benu Bird or the Phoenix with the City of the Sun and Panchaia, Unesco was made to believe that Israel’s story is linked to the Desert Route that then passed through the land producing myrrh, cinnamon and frankincense. Myrrh identifies the land of the moeris or Mt Moriah itself. Incense Route cannot isolate itself from the land of the Rising Sun or the Land of Rabi where Rock Aoronous(Mt Aruna identified with Aaron) identifies the ancient land of the Arabians.

Ancient Arabians were identified with ‘Rabi’ or the ‘Sun’, land of the Rising Sun on the seacoast that also marks the Star Mogha and the land of the Great Bear at Shechem. Jordan is a corrupt name that identifies river Jumna and here Gaga stands for Gaga, or Ganga. It identifies ancient Gargis;  Esdrass A and Esdrass B of OT marks this place with their original name Saudasa and Sudasa of Indian puranas.

All the ten cities stand like ten trees on one route: Desert Route is different from the sites of these cities cited along with the Incense Route. It formed a part of the King’s High Way from Canaan to port at Salamais, the Silk Town of the ancient world.

Haluza-Luz; Mamshit-Mahanaim or Mahanama; Avdat-Avadana or Abdon; Shivta-Sita or Sita-vana ; Kazra-Hazra or Haze; Nekarot-Kirata; Makhmal- Mahala; Grafon-Gershon or Geshon; Moa-Moab; Saharonim-Haran or Sarana. All places can be traced in and around Petra itself which was a place nearer to the seat of worship of Zeus at Persepolis.

Israeli scholars should first define the meaning of Adat Yisrael so that meaning of Adyaita can be checked from the world history. Geographical situation of ancient Israel should be seen through meaning of the Hebrew words.