| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Siq
|
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Steps carved into the rock.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Siq
|
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The first view of the ancient city.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Siq
|
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View of the Treasury at the end of the Siq.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Treasury
|
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The Treasury in 2019.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Treasury
|
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The Treasury is a Greek influenced tomb carved out of solid rock.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Treasury
|
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The Treasury is a Hellenistic style tomb for King Aretas III and dates from c100 BCE.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Treasury
|
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Carvings over the entrance.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Treasury
|
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The Treasury is 40m high and has Corinthian columns carved from solid rock.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Treasury
|
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Detail of the central carving.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Treasury
|
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Detail of the carvings on the upper level.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Treasury
|
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The entrance to the tomb.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Treasury
|
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Lower entrance.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Treasury
|
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The tomb in 1986.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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Staircase.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Street of Facades
|
 |
The Street of Facades is a series of tombs and houses along a 500m long rock face.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Street of Facades
|
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Half buried structure.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Street of Facades
|
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Visitors outside a tomb entrance.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Street of Facades
|
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Eroded facade.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Street of Facades
|
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Tomb interior.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Street of Facades
|
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The step pattern is typical Nabatean.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Street of Facades
|
 |
Eroded tomb.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Street of Facades
|
 |
Tombs and houses.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Street of Facades
|
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Petra has many uncompleted structures.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Street of Facades
|
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Part of a tomb.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Street of Facades
|
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Submerged tombs.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Street of Facades
|
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A series of carved structures.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Street of Facades
|
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A series of tombs.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
 |
Free standing tomb.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Theatre
|
 |
The rock carved theatre has Greek, Nabatean and Roman influences.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Theatre
|
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The Theatre is carved from the rock.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Theatre
|
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Carved seating.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
Site / Event : Theatre
|
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The upper level.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Mount Nejr
|
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Views from the trail leading to Mount Nejr.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Mount Nejr
|
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Dramatic views.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Mount Nejr
|
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Petra is surrounded by ocre desert hills.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Mount Nejr
|
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Spectacular mountains.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Mount Nejr
|
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The rocks around Petra give it the name the Rose City.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Mount Nejr
|
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Layers of ochre sandstone.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Mount Nejr
|
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Dramatic views from the upper city.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Mount Nejr
|
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Ancient structures among mountains.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Mount Nejr
|
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The top of Mount Nejr (The High Place) is an ancient altar.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Wadi Farasa
|
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Rocks tower over a solitary tree in Wadi Farasa.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Wadi Farasa
|
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Carved structures are scattered over the large site.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Wadi Farasa
|
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The ancient city was built among and is surrounded by huge rocky hills.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Wadi Farasa
|
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The Lion Fountain.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Wadi Farasa
|
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Patterned ocre rock forms part of a wall carved from solid rock.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Wadi Farasa
|
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The Garden Tomb.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Wadi Farasa
|
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The Renaissance Tomb.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
 |
Bedouin nomads amongst the ruins.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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A series of tombs in central Petra.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
 |
Petra was built by the Nabateans, a pre-Roman Semitic people.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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Tombs with obelysks.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
 |
Uneishu Tomb.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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Tombs scattered on several levels.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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Three tombs.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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Obilysks and step patterns.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
 |
Decayed tombs and houses.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
 |
View of the site.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
 |
Visitors.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
 |
Central Petra.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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Rock carved structures with the Nabatean step design.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
|
 |
The Royal Tombs is a series of tombs above the rest of the ancient city.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
|
 |
The northern part of the Royal Tombs.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
|
 |
The sorthern tombs.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
|
 |
The series is dominated by the Urn Tomb (right).
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Urn Tomb
|
 |
The Urn Tomb dates from 70 and was built for Nabatean King Malichos II. The arches were later additions by the Romans.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Urn Tomb
|
 |
The tomb was converted to a Byzantine church in 447.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Urn Tomb
|
 |
The tomb is set on a wide terrace overlooking the rest of the city.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Urn Tomb
|
 |
The tomb is flanked by a series of Doric columns.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Urn Tomb
|
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The facade and entrance.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Urn Tomb
|
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The interior is 18m by 20m.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Urn Tomb
|
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The central niche was used as a main altar.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Urn Tomb
|
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Colourful rock formations on the ceiling.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Urn Tomb
|
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Visitors enjoying the view.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Urn Tomb
|
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View of the ocre rocks of Petra from the Urn Tomb.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Urn Tomb
|
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Mountains ringing Petra.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Urn Tomb
|
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View from the terrace.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Silk Tomb
|
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The Silk Tomb with vivid rock formations.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Silk Tomb
|
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The interior.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
Site / Event : Silk Tomb
|
 |
View from the tomb.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Royal Tombs
|
 |
The Palace and Corinthian Tombs.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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Visitors walking to the Roman city.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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Tombs and steps.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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Weathered tombs.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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Beduin.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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Cave-like tombs.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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Flat mountain called Al-Habis.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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The stepped pattern is typical of Nabatean tombs.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
|
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Niches inside a tomb.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Roman City
|
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The Roman city and the cubical Qasr al-Bint, a Nabatean temple.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Roman City
|
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Many of the free standing structures of the Roman city were destroyed by earthquakes.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Roman City
|
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The 2nd century Nymphaeum.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Roman City
|
 |
The paved Colonaded Street is the centre of Roman Petra. It is 6m wide and dates from 106.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Roman City
|
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Looking East along the Colonaded Street.
|
1986 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Roman City
|
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Ocre rocks overlook the Roman ruins.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Roman City
|
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Looking West along the Colonaded Street.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Roman City
|
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The free standing structures in Roman Petra were mainly destroyed by earthquakes.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Roman City
|
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Tombs visible from Roman Petra.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Roman City
|
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The Great Temple was built by the Nabateans in the 1st century BCE and converted to a civic centre by the Romans.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Petra
District : Roman City
|
 |
The Great Temple covers a large area overlooking the city.
|
2019 |
were added from 1 February 2025.