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2. Old Petra Museum - Wikipedia

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   The ancient museum is located inside the natural rock, within one of the Nabatean caves, leading to Al Habees Castle in Petra, and was established in 1963. It consists of a main hall and two side rooms. Visitors climb up to the museum. [1] [2] [3] [4]

3. Petra - Wikipedia

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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.

4. Beidha (archaeological site) - Wikipedia

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   Beidha (Arabic: البيضا al-baīḍā, "the white one"), also sometimes Bayda, is a major Neolithic archaeological site a few kilometres north of Petra near Siq al-Barid in Jordan. [ 1 ] It is included in Petra's inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

5. Petra guide: Where to stay, eat, drink and shop in Jordan’s ...

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   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 ...

6. Secret tomb discovered in Petra, Jordan below location from ...

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   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.

7. Al-Khazneh - Wikipedia

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   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.

8. Little Petra - Wikipedia

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   Little Petra (Arabic: البتراء الصغيرة, al-batrā aṣ-ṣaġïra), also known as Siq al-Barid (Arabic: سيق البريد, literally "the cold canyon"), is an archaeological site located north of Petra and the town of Wadi Musa in the Ma'an Governorate of Jordan. Like Petra, it is a Nabataean site, with buildings carved into the ...

9. Siq - Wikipedia

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   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 ...