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| Page Views: 242 Last Visit to Petra: November, 2006 I Visit Here Frequently | Eternally breath taking .... by onfoot - last update: Dec 13, 2006 |
Eternally Breath taking .... If I'm to advise any visitor to my country of a place that s/he has to see I would have to say "Petra". Though some people may think it's a bit Cliché but it's one of them world's heritages that are eternally breath taking ... |
|  | Once upon a time, a nomadic tribe craved a city! The city was craved around 6BC!! The main reason that "Nabatean tribe" decided to settle there was the availability of water (as the surroundings is mainly desert) and another reason was that it was naturally allocated in a defensive position, Right between huge mountains.
The city was located at a trade junction at that time, linking Southern Arabia, China, India to Greece, Rome, Syria & Egypt!
A unique trade was bitumen, which the Nabateans got of the Dead Sea ... It was used by the Egyptians to embalm the Deads & to caulking the ships.
Finally the Roman flood manage to overtake Petra ... And the Nabateans went back to being nomadic.... |
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Lyndra Mon Feb 4, 2008 19:38 UTC
Great Petra page - super pictures! Can't wait to see it for real myself :o) | Toshioohsako Mon Oct 1, 2007 13:51 UTC
Hello I was here 20 years ago when I attended a conference in Amman. I did not have camera then. I m very happy to see Petra again. | Stonea02 Sat Jul 21, 2007 23:54 UTC
Wonderful commentary on Petra. Amazing location and history. Wasn't this location used in American movies? It looks familiar for that... | mavl Sun Feb 4, 2007 10:22 UTC
hope to see this amazing place one day. wishing you a happy birthday! |
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