Starting 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 conquer.

Nabatean - The Lost City of Jordan
Nabatean – The Lost City of Jordan

The Nabateans were known as adventure tribe, they do the journey to all over part of the world bringing camels and sheep with them. Petra’s civilians worship Dushara as their main God.

Dushara colored black stone with irregular shape, and was put side-by-side with Allat, ancient Arabic Goddess. The Nabateans built a holly temple in 1 BC as their worship central.

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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
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.

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