Petra
Petra
About this place
On a panel in situ : "It is a Nabataean funerary monument topped by side half crowsteps and an Egyptian cavetto. Seventeen shaft tombs and a vaulted recess in the back wall were prepared for burials. Funerary stelae are inscribed in Nabataean : nefesh Zayd Qawmw bin Yaqum, Yaqum bin Zayd Qawmw. The tomb was restored by the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ) and the Department of Antiquities".
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.