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Petra (Arabic: ٱلْبَتْراء, romanized: Al-Batrāʾ; Ancient Greek: Πέτρα, "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu (Nabataean: 𐢛𐢚𐢒 or 𐢛𐢚𐢓𐢈 , *Raqēmō), [3] [4] is a historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan.
Al-Khazneh The first glimpse of Petra's Treasury (Al-Khazneh) upon exiting the Siq. Al-Khazneh (Arabic: الخزنة; IPA:, "The Treasury"), A.K.A. Khazneh el-Far'oun (treasury of the pharaoh), is one of the most elaborate rock-cut tombs in Petra, a city of the Nabatean Kingdom inhabited by the Arabs in ancient times.
Ed-Deir (Arabic: الدير, lit. ' The Monastery '), also spelled el-Deir and ad-Deir/ad-Dayr, is a monumental building carved out of rock in the ancient city of Petra in southern Jordan. [1]
Petra, in southern Jordan, is a love letter to human civilization from a long-lost empire.The Nabataeans, a nomadic Arabic people, began chiselling away at the natural sandstone surroundings ...
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Situated in southern Jordan, Wadi Rum features a great variety of desert landforms including sandstone valleys, natural arches, gorges, cliffs, landslides and caverns. The site also contains extensive rock art, inscriptions and archaeological remains, bearing witness to more than 12,000 years of continuous human habitation.
The Siq (Arabic: السيق, transliterated al-Sīq, transcribed as-Sīq, [a] literally 'the Shaft') is the main entrance to the ancient Nabatean city of Petra in southern Jordan. Also known as Siqit, it is a dim, narrow gorge (in some points no more than 3 metres (10 ft) wide) and winds its way approximately 1.2 kilometres ( 3 ⁄ 4 mi) and ...
Sela (Hebrew: סֶּלַע, Selaʿ, "rock"; Arabic: السلع, es-Sela‛; Greek: πέτρα, 'Petra'; Latin: petra) [1] is a geographical name encountered several times in the Hebrew Bible, and applicable to a variety of locations. [2] One site by this name is placed by the Second Book of Kings in Edom. [2]