Tips 1 - 10 of 35 Petra Things to Do
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Just few metres after the entrance to Petra there are these big Nabatean blocks. They are call Djinn but archeologists don't understand which is their meaning!! Maybe they are tombs or religious buildings to honour the Nabatean God Dushara.
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Directions: Just 400 metres far to the entrance to Petra.
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Things To Do: Obelisk Tomb and Bab as-Siq Triclinium
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You can't see this strange tomb!!! You are again outside the Siq and just few metres far from the Djinn Blocks, there is a such wonder!!! You can recognize the tomb thank the four obelisks in the facede. The tomb was make probably during the Malichos' II kingdom (40-70 AD) and it remeber the Egyptian culture, infact in that time the Nabatean God Dusharah was very popular in Alexandria of Egypt. The facade have got four obelisks and every obelisk is call nefesh and it remember the deceased. The tombs were inside the rock along the internal walls. In the Triclinium (dining room) people eat during the commemoration of the deads.
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Directions: Just few metres from Djinn Blocks.
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Al-Siq is 1207 metres long and 3 to 16 metres wide. It's a natural gorge of spectacular geological formation. which the Nabateans widened in parts by carving out the rock. Paved in the 1st century BC by Romans, the Siq served as Nabataeans religious processional passageway into Petra...
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...Ancient remains in situ at the entrance signify that there once stood a monumental arch that collapsed in the begining of 19th century...
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...Excavations have uncovered relief sculputeres of a camel caravan and numerous niches with betyles carved in relief and sculpted monolithic stones dedicated to Nabataean gods, in particular Al-Uzza, the goddess of fertility...
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...The Nabataeans and Romans sustained thier sophisticated civilisation through skilful water management that included advanced hydraulic systems to control the flow of water. On either side of the Siq are water channels with basins. The southern channel is hollowed out of the rock and was originally covered by sandstone and limestone slabs to prevent evaporation and contamination. The northern channel was made of interlocking terracotta pipes, parts of which can still be seen in situ.
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After a walk of 1209 metres, after you have seen a camel caravan and many niches, suddenly appear the wonder of Petra: Al-Khazneh (The Treasury).
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Al-Khaznehis the best-known of the monuments at Petra and you can see it after the long wolk in the Siq. The facade, carved out from the sandstone cliff wall, is 43m high and 30m wide, and is remarkably well-preserved. As all the monuments of Petra. it has got an impressive facade, a large square room has been carved out of the rock of the cliff. The corners and walls have been squared off meticulously, but no attempt has been made to extend the excavations further or to reproduce the kind of ornate carving of the exterior. This is typical of the tombs in Petra; the interiors are as plain as the exteriors are intricate.
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Directions: In front of you at the end of the Siq.
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Kuznetsov_Sergey Tue May 19, 2009 16:38 UTC
Thank you Cristian for bringing back sweet memories about this magnificent place! I happened to visit it month ago and was amazed by its numerous sights. Your page shows almost all of them! | grovier Wed Jul 30, 2008 14:20 UTC
Bravo christian for this splendid page...I'll be there in November... | nora_south_africa Mon Apr 28, 2008 18:07 UTC
wonderful Petra page and tips!! | oriettaIT Tue Mar 25, 2008 19:57 UTC
Petra is a place that always fashinate me, thanks for sharing this great photos. |
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