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Web3 Jan · Petra is an important part of Jordan’s cultural heritage, and features on most travel bucket lists – with good reason! With intricately carved monuments, labyrinthine passageways and a mysterious history, this ancient city remains one of the most beautiful and enigmatic places in the Middle East.

WebPetra is set in a picturesque gorge or ravine. The rocky terrain is of pink sandstone with the most gorgeous shades and shapes all formed by wind and water erosion. It is also known as the rose city due to the pinkish color of its rock cut architecture. The ancient Nabateans carved the city of Petra from and into the rocky hills.

Web11 Jan · Petra has also been referred to as the “Rose City” because of the color of the stones used in its buildings. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in City of Petra The city of Petra...

WebInhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. Petra is half-built, half-carved into the rock, and is surrounded by mountains riddled with passages and gorges. It is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, where …

WebPetra (Arabic: ٱلْبَتْرَاء, romanized: Al-Batrāʾ; Ancient Greek: Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean: 𐢛𐢚𐢓𐢈 ‎), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is a historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan.It is adjacent to the mountain of Jabal Al-Madbah, in a basin surrounded by mountains forming the eastern flank of the Arabah valley running from the ...

WebThe Lost City of Petra is an archaeological site in southwestern Jordan, lying on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains that form the eastern flank of Arabah, the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It’s famous for its many stone structures carved into the rock and wonderful Treasury.

WebPetra, the great Ancient City that lies half-hidden in the wind-blown landscape in southern Jordan, is one of the world's most treasured Unesco Heritage Sites. Voted by popular ballot in as one of the 'New Seven Wonders of the World', it has retained its magnetism even through times of strife in the wider region.

WebPetra, Arabic Baṭrā, ancient city, centre of an Arab kingdom in Hellenistic and Roman times, the ruins of which are in southwest Jordan. The city was built on a terrace, pierced from east to west by the Wadi Mūsā (the Valley of Moses)—one of the places where, according to tradition, the Israelite leader Moses struck a rock and water gushed forth. The valley is …

Web28 Dec · Petra is a city carved into the sandstone hills containing the burial chambers of the Nabataeans, a tribe of wealthy merchants whose civilisation flourished between 200 B.C. and 100 AD. The city dates back to 400 BC, about the time when the Greeks attempted to invade it. This is its first recorded mention in history.

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