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After the viewing
the Treasury, we come next to the Street of Facades, which is
lined with tall, impressive tombs, with large facades or false
faces on their fronts. This street eventually leads us down into
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In order to
investigate this tomb, high on the cliff side, archeologists
used a famous mountain climber to climb up the mountain and leap
down to the small ledge in front of the tomb. Unfortunately the
tomb had been robbed long ago and he found only a new bones |
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Some of the facades are badly damaged, and
flood deposits have filled many of them with mud.
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Some of the canyon
walls are lined with dozens of smaller tombs for the not-so-rich. |
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Over the years the wind has done strange things
to the tombs and caves along the roadway.
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The caves of Petra
are a wonderful place to explore and enjoy the wonders of God's
creations, along with the ingeniousness of man. |
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Across from the Street
of Facades are tombs high on the mountain. You can scramble up
the mountain at a place across from the stairs up to the High
Place, or you can approach this area from the Urn Tomb. The strange
door on the left leads to a rather large room. |
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This door is below
a huge, blank facade, with a very crip clean top. |
