Friday, February 22, 2013

(Petra) Travel,

The ancient city of Petra, the city carved in rock.

Petra or Wadi Musa (Petra) the ancient desert. City of Petra has been registered as World Cultural Heritage in 1985 by UNESCO organization explains. "It is one of the most precious cultural heritage of all mankind" (One of the Most Precious Cultural Properties of man's Cultural Heritage) and is one of the seven wonders of the modern world.


City of Petra last longer than two thousand years, the city lies in a valley that good. Moses, in the south of the Dead Sea. country Jordan. As a result of the Banana Wax (Nabataeans) nomad in the desert.


Petra, a city carved into sandstone cliffs created by them to make a living. Petra highest growth in 50 BC and became an important commercial center for the Arabs. The Banana Wax Rover changed his career as a merchant, and the protection of the caravan routes filled with danger.


The Greek word Petra means "rock" the image to appear. The grandeur of Petra began to decline on a trade route, convenient and secure than the traders are interested in the city of Petra in 106 city of Petra was annexed to the Roman Empire and the Moscow Slim occupation in the last century. 7 of the city, Petra became lost for a long time.


City of Petra unveiled for the world to know again in 1812 when Joe Johann Luke Victor Burke Hart (Johann Ludwig Burckhardt) A survey of the Swiss discovered a city of Petra by accident while traveling from Jordan to Egypt. Petra became the main attractions of the Jordan, which has a strict surveillance by the authorities mounted a surveillance to prevent visitors damage remains.

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