Petra city Nabataean caravan-city rock-cut façades Jordan carved sandstone rock desert. Sculpture covered water channel brings water spring Wadi Musa
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7000 x 4667 px | 59.3 x 39.5 cm | 23.3 x 15.6 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
5 April 2023Location:
Petra, JordanMore information:
Water management dam and channel, Siq, Petra, Wadi Musa, Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, Middle East Petra city Nabataean caravan-city rock-cut façades Jordan carved sandstone rock desert. Inhabited since prehistoric times, 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 ancient Eastern traditions blend with Hellenistic architecture. Petra is one of the New 7 Wonders of the World, Known as the Rose City, due to the colour of the stone, Lost City, unknown to the, Western world, until 1812,