Do you know that the city of Petra
is the only city in the world fully carved in the rock, located in the south of
Jordan in Maan, it is a global tourist destination and one of the seven wonders
of the world. Known as the Pink City relative to the color of the rocks, and
built by the Nabataean Arabs in the fourth century BC to be a safe commercial
center for the convoys and the secretariats of the merchants, Petra, carved in
the rock and hidden behind the impenetrable barrier of rugged mountains that
barely porous
Petra was the capital of the State
of the Nabataeans and the most important cities of their kingdom, which lasted
from 400 BC until 106 AD, has extended its borders from the coast of Ashkelon
in Palestine in the west to the desert of the Levant in the east .
Petra average site between the
civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt
that formed an economic importance, the State of the Nabataeans controlled the
trade between these civilizations. Trade caravans of up to Petra loaded with
spices and spices from southern Arabia and silk from Gaza, Damascus and henna
from Ashkelon, glass from Sidon and the Pearl of the Arabian Gulf
.
Petra was discovered in 1812 by the
Swiss orientalist Johann Ludwig Barakaart. The most important graphics that
made Petra a famous tourist destination was the lithography painted by David
Roberts of Petra and the Wadi Musa during his visit in 1839 which gave Petra a global fame. There are
many of Petra paintings and other images dating back to the nineteenth century,
which shows how the attention after it has re-discovered in Europe at the time
.
There are many interfaces that
entice the visitor of the ancient city, For example:
The Roman amphitheater
It was built in the first century
AD, carved on the side of the mountain
at the foot of the high place of sacrifice, in the reign of King Aretas IV (9
AD - 40 BC). It consists of three rows of seats separated by corridors and
seven ramps up toward the hall that can accommodate more than 4,000 spectators.
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