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Petra was the focus of an American PBS Nova special, "Petra: Lost City of Stone", [109] which premiered in the US and Europe in February 2015. Petra is central to Netflix's first Arabic original series Jinn, which is a young adult supernatural drama about the djinn in the ancient city of Petra. They must try and stop the demons from destroying ...
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]
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.
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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Archaeologists found a tomb with 12 skeletons beneath the Treasury in Petra, Jordan. The discovery provides rare insight into the ancient Nabataeans, experts say.
The Treasury, as seen from as-Siq, right before the passage ends A walk down the Siq, 2018 A niche at the entrance of al-Siq. 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.
Archaeologists and Discovery Channel host Josh Gates found a secret tomb in Petra, Jordan, where the remains of 12 people were unearthed for the first time.