Great Wonders: Petra 1800 - 1999

Jordan’s stunning, rock-hewn city of Petra gained fame with modern generations via its featured appearance in 1989’s "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." Perhaps its most amazing features, though, didn’t make it into that movie — features such as a theater seating 4,000 and a water system that effectively created an oasis for Petra's desert-dwelling population. A member of the New 7 Wonders, Petra was founded approximately 2,500 years ago by the ancient Nabatean culture but has been known to the West for only the past couple of centuries.