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Inside the city of Petra, the rose of the desert of Jordan
Petra, the real star of Indiana Jones In 1989, Steven Spielberg made the 2,000-year-old city the setting for his blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.Petra’s Treasury, carved out of ...
Petra travel guide: Where to stay, eat, drink and shop in Jordan’s rose-red ancient city
Where to stay, eat, drink and shop in Jordan’s rose-red ancient city - CITY GUIDES: With thousands of years of history carved ...
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Petra lost and found
Inside is a funerary chamber ... the inventive Nabataeans used water to grow their city. Petra flourished as spice routes developed that linked India, Persia, and Arabia with the Mediterranean ...
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Who built the ‘lost city’ of Petra—and why did they leave?
Built over 2,000 years ago, the iconic desert city continues to mesmerize tourists and archaeologists alike. Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in ...