Petra
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Petra
About this place
On the panel on site : "Al-Siq is 1207 meters long and 3 to 16 meters wide. It is a natural gorge of spectacular geological formation, which the Nabataeans widened in parts by carving out the rock. Paved in the 1st century BCE, the Siq served as the Nabataeans' religious processional passageway into Petra. Ancient remains in situ at the entrance signify that there once stood a monumental arch".
Brief description
Source : http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/326
Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. Petra is half-built, half-carved into the rock, and is surrounded by mountains riddled with passages and gorges. It is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, where ancient Eastern traditions blend with Hellenistic architecture.