Friday, March 5, 2010

Petra, Jordan

Wonder: Petra
Country: Jordan
Region: Aqaba Governorate
Visitable: Yes
About: Petra, the giant red mountains and extensive mausoleums are appreciated for being one of the greatest wonders worked by the Nature and the Man.


Petra is about 3-5 hours south of modern Amman, about 2 hours north of Aqaba, on the edge of the desert mountains, Wadi Araba. The highest mountains around the city is a rust-colored sandstone of the natural protection of the attacker in the city.

Petra is more than 800 individual monuments, including buildings, tombs, bathroom, buried in the aisle, temples, curved revenue, and its surrounding streets, especially the ever-changing technology, sandstone carvings, and the natural ability of their inhabitants. Petra monuments in the best time for visitors in the first few hours in the morning and last night when the sun is warm with colorful stones.
The site is completely dry, loose sand may Nabataeans carved their stone temples and tombs in the sand can easily collapse. The colors range from pale yellow or white stones against the rich dark red-brown rocks. Twisted sectors in different colors of the rocks form a vortex and the colors of the rock surface, wave, when used in connection with the Nabataeans.

Petra was selected metropolitan Nabateans, because it is situated in a valley surrounded by sandstone mountains. There are many ways to Paris, but they are easy, and the Valley of the seal, which is almost impossible for anybody to come.

Petra's main entrance is known as SIQ, it is up to 200 meters on this side of the throat and monasteries in the end (Kazneh) is to promote the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. All 800 tombs carved in Kazneh Petra is the most popular. Kazneh His name means "wealth", and the Bedouin people believe that the Israelites for Pharaoh, who secretly national prosperity Kazneh high-water heater. In front of the tomb is a top-down construction. The channel is carved in stone.
The temple is the largest tomb in front of Petra, the length is 50 meters wide, 45 meters high.Despite its name, it is a tomb, and its name is written inside the cross. As Kazneh structure consists of two stories, breaking magnificent coffin.

History
Archaeologists believe that Petra is prehistoric. North of the city and Beida, even 9000 years old city was discovered, said the European Union, one of the earliest known settlement in Jericho in the Middle East. Recorded in the Bible, King David includes the Edomites, perhaps around 1000 BC. This story, the Edomites enslaved, but eventually won their freedom. Several major battles were at war with each other and the people of Judah to the east.
Not more than 3 million people in Paris, 1 century, is a misunderstanding, Paris is a city just died. Great earthquake in 363 AD destroyed at least half of the city. Petra never recovered from the injury.

Paris saw the first appearance in 1812, they lost the 16th century, almost 300 years. Classic Petra and the salad was the first name means the same thing, "Rock" and in some cities has never been aptly named. However, the "rock" to transfer the image is only half of the city, nature, dreamlike shape of the hills, the great gulf that separated all the bright colors, must be taken into account that. Petra is a unique natural and cultural heritage are, and their own strategies.

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