Famously
described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" by John William
Burgon. UNESCO has described Petra as one of the most precious cultural
properties of man's cultural heritage. In 1985, Petra was designated a World
Heritage Site, and recently designated as one of the “new wonders” of the
world.
Located
in Arabah, Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, lying on the slope of Mount Hor in a
basin among the mountains, the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the
Gulf of Aqaba is renowned for its rock-cut architecture. The Nabateans
constructed it as their capital city around 100 BCE, after their decline, the
site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced
to the West by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt.
The
picturesque site was featured in various films such as Indiana Jones and the
Last Crusade, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.
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