Petra
Jordan - Asia
History and Location
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Vlll a.c, Edomitas.
Vl BC.C, The route of the caravans.
Vl d.c, The change .
December/6/1985.
Since 1993.
July/7/2007.
The settlement of Petra is located in a narrow valley, east of the Arava valley that
stretches from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. The most famous remains of Petra
are undoubtedly its buildings carved in the same rock of the valley (hemispheres), in
particular, the buildings known as the Khazneh (the Treasury) and the Deir (the
Monastery).
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¿Why is a wonder?
Petra is an important archaeological site in Jordan, and
the capital of the ancient Nabatean kingdom, its
inhabitants called it Raqmu (in Nabatean Arabic, The name
of Petra comes from the Greek πέτρα meaning stone, and its
name is perfectly suitable, it is not of a city built with
stone, literally excavated and sculpted in stone.
Beautiful places
around it
In addition to all the landscape that the wonder of Petra
offers us, we must remember that very close to it there
are equally fascinating places that are surely worth
visiting.
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