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Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, carving, pillar, red rock, strata, historical monument

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, rock, carving, historical monuments, red rock,

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, tombs, carving, Corinthian tomb, Palace Tomb, archeology, red rock, history, religious monument, world heritage site, nabatean culture

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, carving, sculpture, red rock, archeology, geology, historical monument, nabatean culture

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, carving, tomb, historical monument, rock face, temple,

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, landscape, mountains, tomb, carving, rock, hgeology, strata, sandstone

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, archeology, carving, sculpture, pillars, monument, tomb, religion, tourism

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, archeology, carving, theatre, pillars, rock, stone, strata, geology, world heritage site, tourism

Jordan, Petra, wadi Musa, tombs, carving, sculpture, historical monument, Corinthian and palace tombs, archeology, world heritage site, UNESCO, tourism,

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, rocks, red, strata,

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, carving, sculpture, historical monument, tomb, world heritage site, tourism

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, treasury, archeology, carving, sculpture, red rock, pillars, tourism

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, archeology, mountains, landscape, historical monument, Carving, sculpture, red rock, world heritage site, UNESCO,

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, Jebel al Khubtha, tomb, carving, historical monument, history, archeology, donkey, animal, local girl, world heritage site, nabatean culture

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, tomb, historic monument, religion, carving, cave, tourism

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, Bab As Siq Triclinium, carving, sculpture, tomb, religious monument, nabatean culture, world heritage site, moon

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, rock, red, strata, sand stone, marble effect, world heritage site

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, the treasury, Siq, rock, carving, sculpture, man, mobile phone, archeology, ancient religious monument, tomb, world heritage site

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, carving, sculpture, tomb, Al-Khazneh, religious monument, history, world heritage site, tourism

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, Al-Khazneh temple, tomb, carving, sculpture, pillars, camels, animals, pharaohs treasure, archeology, world heritage site, UNESCO, tourism

Jordan, Petra, wadi Musa, tomb, the treasury, Al Khazneh, carving, sculpture, red rock, archeology, religious temple. nabatean culture, world heritage site

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, theatre, carving, steps, rock, archeology, geology, history, monument, world heritage site

Jordan, Petra, wadi Musa, rock, rock face, caerving, historical monument, nabatean culture, world heritage site

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Scanned 35mm film from the 1990's

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, the Siq, treasury, carving, sculpture, archeology, temple, tomb,

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, archeology, carving, pillars, world heritage site, nabatean culture

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, Cardo Maximus, street, pillares, stone carving, mountains, tombs, carving, archeology, world heritage site, UNESCO

urn tomb, Petra, Jordan, Red rock, carved rock, ancient roman, 2-3 RD century, BEB029

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, local costume, red rock, carving, archeology, geology

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, animal, local linen, weaving, mountains, carving, tombs, archeology, world heritage site

Urn Tomb, Petra, Jordan, Middle East, Ancient Roman, 2-3 RD Century, Carved rock

Urn Tomb, Petra, Jordan, Middle East, Ancient Roman, 2-3 RD Century, Carved rock

Urn Tomb, Petra, Jordan, Middle East, Ancient Roman, 2-3 RD Century, Carved rock

Urn Tomb, Petra, Jordan, Middle East, Ancient Roman, 2-3 RD Century, Carved rock

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Urn Tomb at Petra in Jordan the Rose city

stratified sandstone heat rain wind color colour erosion rock sandstone desert Bab-as-Siq, beautiful, carved, Djinn blocks, facades, heritage, history, Jordan, nabataean, Obelisk tomb, Petra, rock, Rose city, sand, sandstone, Street of Facades, tomb, Triclinium*, urn, tomb, beehive,

Landscape and some of the weathered beautiful wind heat and water shaped sandstone outcrops of the mountains of south Jordan. Tombs and elaborate carving of the Nabataean Arabs.To day some of these tombs and caves are used as homes by the Bedouin people.

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, Monastery, carving, religious monument, nabatean culture, archeology, world heritage site, tourism

Urn Tomb, Petra, Jordan, Middle East, Ancient Roman, 2-3 RD Century, BEB029, Carved rock

Jordan, Petra, wadi Musa, rock, cliff face red rock, geology, archeology, world heritage site, people

Jordan, Petra, wadi Musa, pillar, landscape, local man,

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, Al-Deir, monastery, archeology, carving, religious monument, nabatean culture, world heritage site

Archeology, heritage, history, tomb, rock, carved, sandstone, Urn tomb, Petra, Jordan

Petra; Tombs; Caves; Rocks; Rock; Hot; ancient; Jordan; Strata; Limestone; donkey

Tombs & caves at Petra showing the strata of different colour of limestone rock and a donkey trying to shade from the hot sun

Petra; Tombs; Caves; Rocks; Rock; Hot; ancient; Jordan; Strata; Limestone; erosion

Tombs & caves at Petra showing the strata of different colour of limestone rock and the shapes the erosion has caused over the many years

Petra; Tombs; Caves; Rocks; Rock; Hot; ancient; Jordan; Strata; Limestone; erosion

Tombs & caves at Petra showing the strata of different colour of limestone rock and the shapes the erosion has caused over the many years

Petra; Tombs; Caves; Rocks; Rock; Hot; ancient; Jordan; Strata; Limestone; erosion

Tombs & caves at Petra showing the strata of different colour of limestone rock and the shapes the erosion has caused over the many years

Petra; Tombs; Caves; Rocks; Rock; Hot; ancient; Jordan; Strata; Limestone; erosion

Tombs & caves at Petra showing the strata of different colour of limestone rock

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Valley of Petra, Jordan

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Two tourists walk the narrow cutting in the rock down towards the tombsTombs & caves at Petra showing the strata of different colour of limestone rock.

Petra; Tombs; Caves; Rocks; Rock; Hot; ancient; Jordan; Strata; Limestone

Tombs & caves at Petra showing the strata of different colour of limestone rock

Petra; Tombs; Caves; Rocks; Rock; Hot; ancient; Jordan; Strata; Limestone

Tombs & caves at Petra showing the strata of different colour of limestone rock

Jordan, Petra, theatre, carving, rock, red rock, geology, mountains, nabatean culture, archeology, historical monument, tourism

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, mountains, landscape, carving, temple, religion, archeology, world heritage site, UNESCO, tourism

Petra; Tombs; Caves; Rocks; Rock; Hot; ancient; Jordan; Strata; Limestone; erosion; Alter

Tombs & caves at Petra showing the strata of different colour of limestone rock and the shapes the erosion has caused over the many years and here is an acient Alter

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, carving, sculpture, temple, mountains, archeology, tea pot, silver ware, world heritage site, tourism

The Treasury, Petra, Jordan, Urn tomb, Al-Kazneh, Al-Khazneh, Indiana Jones, Middle East, ancient roman, 2-3 century, BEB029, carved rock, carved, rock, rose-red

Jordan; Petra; Urn Tomb, pedimented building, tomb of King Malchus II, 40-70 AD, Aretas IV, 8 BC-40 AD.loculi, BEB029

Jordan; Petra; Urn Tomb, pedimented building, tomb of King Malchus II, 40-70 AD, Aretas IV, 8 BC-40 AD.loculi, BEB029

Jordan; Petra; Urn Tomb, pedimented building, tomb of King Malchus II, 40-70 AD, Aretas IV, 8 BC-40 AD.loculi, BEB029

Jordan; Petra; Urn Tomb, pedimented building, tomb of King Malchus II, 40-70 AD, Aretas IV, 8 BC-40 AD.loculi, BEB029

Jordan; Petra; Urn Tomb, pedimented building, tomb of King Malchus II, 40-70 AD, Aretas IV, 8 BC-40 AD.loculi, BEB029

The Treasury, Petra, Jordan, Urn tomb, Al-Kazneh, Al-Khazneh, Indiana Jones, Middle East, ancient roman, 2-3 century, BEB029, carved rock, carved, rock, rose-red

The Treasury, Petra, Jordan, Urn tomb, Al-Kazneh, Al-Khazneh, Indiana Jones, Middle East, ancient roman, 2-3 century, BEB029, carved rock, carved, rock, rose-red

The Treasury, Petra, Jordan, Urn tomb, Al-Kazneh, Al-Khazneh, Indiana Jones, Middle East, ancient roman, 2-3 century, BEB029, carved rock, carved, rock, rose-red

The Treasury, Petra, Jordan, Urn tomb, Al-Kazneh, Al-Khazneh, Indiana Jones, Middle East, ancient roman, 2-3 century, BEB029, carved rock, carved, rock, rose-red

The Treasury, Petra, Jordan, Urn tomb, Al-Kazneh, Al-Khazneh, Indiana Jones, Middle East, ancient roman, 2-3 century, BEB029, carved rock, carved, rock, rose-red

Jordan, Petra, Wadi Musa, mountains, steps, cliff face, rock

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Landscape and some of the weathered shaped sandstone outcrops of the mountains of south Jordan. Tombs and elaborate carving of the Nabataean Arabs.

Petra, Jordan, Wadi Musa, street, pillars, archeology, pavement, mountains, world heritage site, tourism, nabatean culture

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

stratified sandstone heat rain wind color colour erosion rock sandstone desert Bab-as-Siq, beautiful, carved, Djinn blocks, facades, heritage, history, Jordan, nabataean, Obelisk tomb, Petra, rock, Rose city, sand, sandstone, Street of Facades, tomb, Triclinium*, urn, tomb, beehive,

Landscape and some of the weathered beautiful wind heat and water shaped sandstone outcrops of the mountains of south Jordan. Tombs and elaborate carving of the Nabataean Arabs.To day some of these tombs and caves are used as homes by the Bedouin people.

stratified sandstone heat rain wind color colour erosion rock sandstone desert Bab-as-Siq, beautiful, carved, Djinn blocks, facades, heritage, history, Jordan, nabataean, Obelisk tomb, Petra, rock, Rose city, sand, sandstone, Street of Facades, tomb, Triclinium*, urn, tomb, beehive,

Landscape and some of the weathered beautiful wind heat and water shaped sandstone outcrops of the mountains of south Jordan. Tombs and elaborate carving of the Nabataean Arabs.To day some of these tombs and caves are used as homes by the Bedouin people.

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

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Landscape and some of the weathered beautiful wind heat and water shaped sandstone outcrops of the mountains of south Jordan. Tombs and elaborate carving of the Nabataean Arabs.To day some of these tombs and caves are used as homes by the Bedouin people.

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Landscape and some of the weathered beautiful wind heat and water shaped sandstone outcrops of the mountains of south Jordan. Tombs and elaborate carving of the Nabataean Arabs.To day some of these tombs and caves are used as homes by the Bedouin people.

stratified sandstone heat rain wind color colour erosion rock sandstone desert Bab-as-Siq, beautiful, carved, Djinn blocks, facades, heritage, history, Jordan, nabataean, Obelisk tomb, Petra, rock, Rose city, sand, sandstone, Street of Facades, tomb, Triclinium*, urn, tomb, beehive,

Landscape and some of the weathered beautiful wind heat and water shaped sandstone outcrops of the mountains of south Jordan. Tombs and elaborate carving of the Nabataean Arabs.To day some of these tombs and caves are used as homes by the Bedouin people.

stratified sandstone heat rain wind color colour erosion rock sandstone desert Bab-as-Siq, beautiful, carved, Djinn blocks, facades, heritage, history, Jordan, nabataean, Obelisk tomb, Petra, rock, Rose city, sand, sandstone, Street of Facades, tomb, Triclinium*, urn, tomb, beehive,

Landscape and some of the weathered beautiful wind heat and water shaped sandstone outcrops of the mountains of south Jordan. Tombs and elaborate carving of the Nabataean Arabs.To day some of these tombs and caves are used as homes by the Bedouin people.

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Petra.Jordan. Tombs. Historical and archaeological city. Rock cut architecture. Symbol of Jordan. Most visited tourist attraction. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Petra. Jordan. Historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduits system. Established sometime around the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans, it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited tourist attraction. It lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.

Petra. Jordan. Tombs. Historical and archaeological city. Rock cut architecture. Symbol of Jordan. Most visited tourist attraction UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Petra. Jordan Historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduits system. Established sometime around the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans, it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited tourist attraction. It lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,

Royal Kingdom of Jordan, Nabateans, the Spice Route, Petra, governorate of Ma'an, rock cut architecture, water conduits system, Mount Hor, the Arabah, Graet rift Valley, the Dead Sea, gulf of Aqaba.UNESCO World Heritage Site "a rose-red city half as old as time", Jabal Haroun, Aaron's Mountain, the Siq, Wadi Musa, Al Khazneh"the Treasury", Byzantine Church of Petra, Amarna letters, Pel, Sela or Seir, Exodus, the Horites, the Edomites, "the cleft in the rock", "the rock" Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews)Rekem the Dead Sea Scrolls, Edomites Obodas I, Dushara, female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. The Monastery, dedicated to Obodas I, Moses (Musa),

The Nabataeans worshipped the Arab gods and goddesses of the pre-Islamic times as well as a few of their deified kings. One, Obodas I, was deified after his death. Dushara was the main male god accompanied by his female trinity: Al-‘Uzzá, Allat and Manāt. Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument, dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery Christianity found its way to Petra in the 4th century AD, nearly 500 years after the establishment of Petra as a trade center. Athanasius mentions a bishop of Petra named Asterius. At least one of the tombs (the "tomb with the urn"?) was used as a church. An inscription in red paint records its consecration "in the time of the most holy bishop Jason" . After the Islamic conquest of 629–632 Christianity in Petra, as of most of Arabia, gave way to Islam. During the First Crusade Petra was occupied by Baldwin I of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and formed the second fief of the barony of Al Karak (in the lordship of Oultrejordain) with the title Château de la Valée de Moyse or Sela. It remained in the hands of the Franks until 1189. It is still a titular see of the Catholic Church. According to Arab tradition, Petra is the spot where Moses (Musa) struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where Moses' brother, Aaron (Harun), is buried, at Mount Hor,