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Keywords: 1950, Jordan, Petra, ruins, steps, caves, temples, facades, tombs, Greek and Egyptian influenced carvings, sculptures, Roman architecture, gorge, Al-Khazneh, columns, flowers Notes: Petra is a famous archaeological site in Jordan's southwestern desert. Dating to around 300 B.C., it was the capital of the Nabatean Kingdom. Accessed via a narrow canyon called Al Siq, it contains tombs and temples carved into pink sandstone cliffs, earning its nickname, the "Rose City." Perhaps its most famous structure is 45m-high Al Khazneh, a temple with an ornate, Greek-style facade, and known as The Treasury. |