Truly breathtaking!

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thanks for posting this.  I visited there once, and it is magnificent to see.  I was so enchanted with the sights, I forgot to take pictures.

Petra is sometimes called the ‘Lost City’. In spite of its being such an important city in antiquity, after the 14th century AD, Petra was completely lost to the western world. It was rediscovered in 1812 by the Swiss traveller, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, who tricked his way into the fiercely guarded site by pretending to be an Arab from India wishing to make a sacrifice at the tomb of the Prophet Aaron.

In 1985, UNESCO designated Petra and Quseir Amra were designated as World Heritage Sites. Followed by Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a), which was also inscribed in 2004 as a World Heritage Site.

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.