Petra

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Petra the red rose city
By al-mazar primary school
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Petra

• The ancient Nabataean city of (Petra), is in the
  southern part of the Kingdom 160 miles (257km)
  from Amman, is Jordan's most famous tourist
  attraction. Known as the "rose red city", it was
  once a fortress, carved out of craggy rocks in an
  area which was virtually inaccessible.

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Petra the red rose city
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The siq

• The city was first settled in about 800B.C. by
  the Nabataean tribe from northern Arabia, the
  city reached the peak of its fame in the second
  century, under Roman rule. A succession of
  habitation, leadership and development followed
  but, as the caravan routes were slowly displaced
  by shipping, the city's importance gradually
  dwindled it fell into disuse and was lost to the
  world for over a thousand years. In 1812 it was
  re-discovered by the Swiss explorer, Johann
  Ludwig Burckhardt and is now a favourite with
  tourists from all over the world.

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The Siq

• One of the reasons why Petra was such an
  attractive site for the Nabateans was because it
  was virtually hidden away behind a narrow and
  easily defensible canyon known as the "siq".

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The Siq

• From the official entrance to the site, a
• dusty trail leads gently downwards along the
  Wadi Musa (The Valley of Moses). Situated in
  small rock outcrops to the left and right of the
  path are some small Nabataean tombs, carved into
  the dry rock. Beyond these, walls of sandstone
  rise steeply on the left, and a narrow cleft
  reveals the entrance to the Siq, the principal
  route into Petra itself.

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the treasury

• As you come to the end of this beautiful ravine,
  a very narrow opening offers a peephole to one of
  the most spectacular sites in Jordan - the
  treasury
• its the first to greet the visitor arriving via
  the siq.the façade,carved out from the sandstone
  cliff wall, is 40m high,is well_preserved,the
  name Khazneh which means?treasury?comes from the
  legend that it was used a hiding place for
  treasure.

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Khazneh

• Surrounding the open space dominated by the
  Khazneh are other tombs and halls mostly little
  more than man-made caves carved out from the
  rock. To the right, the path continues between
  more widely-spaced rock walls studded with
  smaller tombs, which are visible as black holes
  in the rock. A little further on, on the left is
  the giant semicircle of the amphitheatre, which
  had seats for eight thousand people. Behind it,
  the rock wall is pitted with tombs

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The High Place of Sacrifice

• Starting from a point close to the theatre, the
  path to the High Place of Sacrifice climbs
  steeply at first. After a little way, the ascent
  becomes gentler, and eventually the path emerges
  into a level open space atop a small massif
  overlooking the site.

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The path to El_Deir

• the path to El_Deir crosses open ground to the
  north of the city center and starts to ascend
  into the massif. The path climbs smoothly,
  flanked on one side or the other by sandstone
  outcrops. Some Nabataean stairs can be seen,
  carved into the rock face.
• The path continues to climb, turning back and
  forth between rock spurs that are the home of
  lizards of all sizes and colors.
• The final section of the path climbs more
  steeply, passes through a naroow cleft between
  sheer walls of yellow sandstone

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The Bedouin

• The local Bedouin merchants who attend the
  souvenir shops may be the descendants of the few
  who remained

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content

• 1- Petra
• 2-the siqe part 1,part 2,part 3
• 3-the treasury
• 4-khazneh
• 5- the high place of sacrifice
• 6- the path to el-deir
• 7-the Bedouin
• 8-the end

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the end
Presented to Fatemah al-nawaiseh
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