- PETRA
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- Arriving at Petra
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- Walk In
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- The Siq
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- The Small Siq
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- Treasury
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- Street of Facades
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- Water Works
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- The Theater
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- The Royal Tombs
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- High Place
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- Colonnade Street
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- Great Temple
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- Temple of Al Uzza
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- Temple of Dushares
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- Museum
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- Dier
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- Habis
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- Biera
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- City of Board Games
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- Snake Monumnet
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- Sabara Suburb
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- City Walls/Map
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- Al Beidha
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- Churches
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- Kubtha High Place
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- Wadi Nmeir
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- Small Delights
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- The Bedul
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- Petra Today
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- Petra Park
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- Click on the map to see a full size map of central Petra,
showing the city walls.
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PETRA: City Walls
Contrary to popular opinion, Petra is not a city hidden in
a crack in a rock mountain. That describes the Treasury monument,
but not Petra proper. The city of Petra is located in a wide
open valley. The Nabataeans built walls across this valley to
protect their city from invasion from the north and south. To
date, few excavations have been carried out on the wall. The
best place to view the walls is from the hill above the churches.
Above: To the bottom right of this picture is a pillar
from the blue church. In the background you can see the wadi
(valley that runs north/south through Petra). This wadi had walls
and towers to protect it.
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From the hill just above the Red Church you can see
what it must have been like to stand on the city walls. These
walls would have protected the city from invasion down this valley
from the north.
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Remains of the north
city wall along the side of the wadi. |
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One of the city wall
towers, along the edge of the wadi. |
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