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Music: "Helwa Already Baladi" (My Country is Beautiful) Singer: Dalidá
City of Petra, in Jordan one of the 7 New Wonders of the World
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For 600 years it was thought that this city, in the of the desert of Jordan, was legendary like Atlantis and Troy
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The Swiss explorer that managed to find it had to travel through impressive paths like this, among mountains of
stone.
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Imagine the emotion when, upon arriving for the first time in the 19th Century, he saw this scene!
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The Palace of Petra,
a temple in Greek style (Hellenic), is also called
"The Treasure"
and is 42m. high
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It was completely carved in calcareous rock.
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But the palace is only one
among the many
magnificentconstructions
in Petra, all carved in
calcareous rock.
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The Nabateos paid attention to the details
carved in the interiors.
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Petra was constructed towards the 6th century BC. by the Nabatéens, during the Persian Empire.
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The Nabateos were Bedouins that lived on the commerce of spices, like incense, myrrh and
aromatic plants. .
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By the year 60 AD. Petra was conquered and became part of the
Roman Empire.
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Through the years, the wind
has left its contribution,
carving the most beautiful forms
in the mountains of calcareous rock.
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Petra was utilized for
the final scene of the
movie Indiana Jones and The Last
Crusade
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The colors in the stones are natural.
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These colored geological compositions of the sand are like These colored geological compositions of the sand are like
"paintings""paintings"
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These formations, found in the walls of some mountains,
will take your breath away.
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The nabateos built a sophisticated hydraulic system with tunnels and tanks of water in
Petra
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This theater, in Greek-Roman style, had capacity
for 4.000 spectators.
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In the year 551 a second
great earthquake destroyed almost all
the city, and Petra never
was re-inhabited.
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The End
City of Petra, in Jordan one of the 7 New Wonders of the World