There is something more interesting about the history of this part of the Middle East. The alliances of the past and the family feuds of yester year are springing back to life with a voracity unparalleled in human history. A little history of the issue will enlighten you. The ancient city is still there. It is a tourist attraction.
People still go there.
Edom created Gentile princes of his own against God's national design and built a confederacy of princes against his brother Israel. That confederacy is alive and well today Jewish tradition says that in a war provoked by Esau, Jacob killed his brother and temporarily put an end to the feud, at that time. This very 'old hatred' is the source of the trouble in the Middle East war soon to erupt again. Edomites are alive today. The descendants of Amalek are the instigators of Middle East terrorism.