Petra, Town in Stone Wall
Petra is a town which is built with chiseling stone walls in Jordan. The word “Petra” comes from Greek, which means ‘ stone‘, it is also becoming a symbol of technical symbol and protection.
- Petra, Town of Stone Walls
The name Petra refers to the fact that the houses of this town, be made from stones. It lies in Wadi Araba, a stony dale in Jordan. It is said that to build this town, it takes digging and carving hard stones as high as 40 meters.
Petra was the capital of Nabatean empire. Built at 9 BC -40 C by King Aretas IV as town which was very difficult to be pierced by enemy the most, and was also safe from natural disaster and attack like sandstorm.
The Nabatean Tribe had completed Petra with remarkable complicated irrigation system. There is water-tunnel and water room, channeling clean water to town Petra. This was executed to prevent sudden floods. They also had hydraulic technology to lift water. A legitimate stage theater had also established, which has the capability of 4.000 people.
Until now, the Mausoleum Palace Hellenistis which have the height of 42 meter, is still standing impressive over there.
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Nabatean and The Lost City of Petra | Jordan | Exotic Tour
August 11th, 2009 at 1:15 pm #
[...] travel from Amman – Jordan, Petra can be reached in about 3-5 hours trip. Petra in old times was the capital of the Nabateans, a tribe in Arabic which lived there before Rome [...]
Archibald
September 7th, 2009 at 4:31 am #
[...] travel from Amman – Jordan, Petra can be reached in about 3-5 hours trip. Petra in old times was the capital of the Nabateans, a tribe in Arabic which lived there before Rome [...]…
Neil
December 4th, 2010 at 6:20 pm #
Nice site which brought back some great memories for me