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Petra. Jordan. Archaeological city. Rock cut architecture.Water conduits system. 6th century BC capital city of the Nabataeans, Symbol of Jordan, most visited tourist attraction. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Petra (meaning rock)is a 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. The Chancellery. Indiana Jones. Temple of Doom. Archaeological city. Rock cut architecture. Water conduits system. 6th century BC. Capital city of the Nabataeans. Symbol of Jordan, most visited tourist attraction. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Petra (Greek "πέτρα" (petra), meaning rock; Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ) is a 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. Archaeological city. The Chancellery. Indiana Jones. Temple of doom. Rock cut architecture .Water conduits system. 6th century BC. Capital city of the Nabataeans. Symbol of Jordan. Most visited tourist attraction. UNESCO World Heritage Site

Petra (meaning rock)is a 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. Rock cut architecture. Archaeological city. Jordan. Conduits system. 6th century BC. Capital city of the Nabataeans. Symbol of Jordan. Most visited tourist attraction. Mount Hour. Eastern flank of Ara bah (Wadi Arabia), UNESCO World Heritage Site. T

Petra (Greek "πέτρα" (petra), meaning rock; Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ) is a 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. The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. It was described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a Newdigate Prize-winning poem by John William Burgon. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage." Petra was chosen by the BBC as one of "the 40 places you have to see before you die".

Petra. Jordan. Historical and archaeological city. Rock cut architecture. Water conduits system. 6th century BC. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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. Archaeological city. Rock cut architecture.6th century BC.Capital city of the Nabataeans. Symbol of Jordan, most visited tourist attraction. UNESCO World Heritage Site

Petra (meaning rock)is a 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

Petra. Jordan. Archaeological city. Rock cut architecture. 6th century BC. Capital city of the Nabataeans. Symbol of Jordan. Most visited tourist attraction. UNESCO World Heritage Site

Petra (meaning rock)is a 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

Petra. Jordan. Archaeological city. Rock cut architecture. 6th century BC. Capital city of the Nabataeans. Symbol of Jordan. Most visited tourist attraction. Mount Hour .UNESCO World Heritage Site. Indiana Jones. Temple of Doom.

Petra (Greek "πέτρα" (petra), meaning rock; Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ) is a 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.The Chancellery. Camel. Indiana Jones. Temple of Doom. Archaeological city. Rock cut architecture 6th century BC capital city of the Nabataeans, Symbol of Jordan, most visited tourist attraction. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Petra (meaning rock)is a 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

Camel Taxis in Petra. Archaeological city in the Jordanian. Rock cut architecture. 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans, it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited tourist attraction. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Petra (meaning rock)is a 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. Archaeological city. Rock cut architecture. Tombs. 6th century BC. Symbol of Jordan. Most visited tourist attraction. UNESCO World Heritage.

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 Archaeological city. Rock cut architecture. 6th century BC. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Petra (meaning rock)is a 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. Archaeological city. Rock cut architecture. 6th century BC. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Petra (meaning rock)is a 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 . Tomb The Chancellery. Archaeological city. Rock cut architecture. 6th century BC UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Petra (meaning rock)is a 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 Steep road. Flagstone. Striding walk. Young man. Street level. 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

. Petra (meaning rock)is a 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

Petra. Jordan. Tombs. Historical and archaeological city. Rock cut architecture. 6th century BC . 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.

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.

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Jordan, Petra, Nabataeans, Ancient World, Treasury, Red Sea, Red Rock, Rose City, Al Khazneh

Jordan, Petra, Nabataeans, Ancient World, Treasury, Red Sea, Red Rock, Rose City, Al Khazneh

Jordan, Petra, Nabataeans, Ancient World, Treasury, Red Sea, Red Rock, Rose City, Al Khazneh

Jordan, Petra, Nabataeans, Ancient World, Treasury, Red Sea, Red Rock, Rose City, Al Khazneh

Jordan, Petra, Nabataeans, Ancient World, Treasury, Red Sea, Red Rock, Rose City, Al Khazneh

Jordan, Petra, Nabataeans, Ancient World, Treasury, Red Sea, Red Rock, Rose City, Al Khazneh

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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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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,

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,

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,

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),

Nabatean Tower tombs. 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

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,

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,

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,

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,