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The lost city of Petra Jordan is emerging as one of the most popular places to visit in the Middle East. It’s relatively safe and affordable, and there are some amazing things to see.
Petra is an incredible ancient city carved into the rocks in southern Jordan, and the ruins inside Petra Jordan can be explored by walking on foot or riding a camel.
It’s a bucket list item for sure, and this Petra travel blog and map will show how you can do it on your own, with or without a tour, and with a very modest budget and minimal planning. Read on!
What Is Petra Jordan? What Is The History?
Petra is a lost archaeological city in Jordan where ancient buildings were carved into the rock walls as early as 400 BC.
The most iconic thing at Petra is the Treasury (pictured above), which is known in Arabic as Al-Khazneh. This view is famous because of all the cool photos that appear on Instagram.
But what most people don’t realize is that the Treasury is just one of the buildings. Petra was an actual city, and at one time, it’s thought that almost 20,000 people lived at this hidden city in the rock!
Petra, Jordan was abandoned in the early centuries AD, and became unknown to the world until it was rediscovered by a Swiss explorer in 1812:
I was without protection in the midst of a desert where no traveller had ever before been seen…
An excavated mausoleum came in view, the situation and beauty of which are calculated to make an extraordinary impression upon the traveller, after having traversed for nearly half an hour such a gloomy and almost subterraneous passage as I have described.
In comparing the testimonies of the authors cited in Reland’s Palastina, it appears very probable that the ruins ….. are those of the ancient Petra…
Epic, huh? That’s why the monuments at Petra have been featured in Indiana Jones and other adventure movies.
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