ANCIENT NEGEV TRADE ROUTE SAVED:

Environmentalists save ancient Perfume Route from destruction

By Zafrir Rinat, Haaretz Correspondent

Environmental groups on Monday persuaded the southern committee of planning to turn down a plan that would open a phosphate quarry in an area where the ancient Nebatean Perfume route passed through.

The committee decided against the Rotem Apart company's Sde Hetzba West plan, ruling that it was in the public's interest to favor preservation over development.

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