The ancient city of Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. UNESCO has described Petra as “one of the most precious cultural properties of man’s cultural heritage”. In Lisbon, in 2007, Al-Khazneh was voted one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. Because of the beauty and mystique pictures of Petra implicate, the site appeared in films such as: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Arabian Nights, Passion in the Desert, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, The Returns, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Samsara and Kajraare. #travel #petra #jordan

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The Siq is the ancient main entrance leading to the city of Petra. It starts at the Dam and ends at the opposite side of the vault. The entrance is formed by a split rock with a length of about 1200m and a width of 3 to 12m, and height up to about 80m. Most of the rock is natural and another part was sculptured by the Nabataeans, the people who established the city. The Siq, the main road that leads to the city, starts from the Dam and ends at the Treasury. This rock canal measures 160 meters in length, 3 to 12 meters in width and reaches up to 80 meters in height. #travel #jordan #siq

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The end of the first part of The Siq opens up onto Petra’s most magnificent facade and the one providing sight for another of the beautiful pictures of Petra; the Treasury, or Al Khazna. It is almost 40 meters high and intricately decorated with Corinthian capitals, friezes, figures and other elements of the same architecture. The Treasury is crowned by a funerary urn, which according to local legend conceals a pharaoh’s treasure. #travel #treasury #Jordan #nature #alkhazna

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The Theatre, a wonderful monument to the importance of art amongst Nabataeans was carved in the mountainside during the reign of King Aretas IV (4BC-AD27) the Romans rebuilt the stage back wall. A substantial part of the theater was carved out of the solid rock, while the scene and exterior wall were constructed. It is located on the side of the mountain at the foot of the High Place of Sacrifice. The theatre consists of three rows of seats separated by passageways. Seven stairways ascend the auditorium and it can accommodate 4000 spectators. #travel #jordan #theatre #history

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In 1964 it was renovated by the government in the same way originally built by the Nabataeans, preserving the site in which you can take another of the beautiful pictures of Petra.The dam was built to protect their capital from floods that arrived during the seasonal rain from the mountains and hills across the valley.It protected the city of Petra by redirecting the floodwaters into a tunnel,later titled the ‘Dark Tunnel’.Proving to be successful,the dam represented the Natabataean’s skillful and modern infrastructure.During the excavation, it was found that the original name of the old city.

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