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City of Petra, in Jordan one of the 7 New Wonders of the World
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For 600 years thought that this city, in the middle of the desert of Jordan, was legendary like the Atlantis and Troy
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The Swiss explorer that managed to find it had to travel through impressive paths as this, among mountains of stone.
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Imagine its emotion when, upon arriving for the first time, saw this scene in the 19th century!
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The Palace of Petra, a temple in Greek style
(Hellenic), is also called "The
Treasure" and has 42m. of
height
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Completely it was carved in calcareous rock.
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But the palaceis only one among
the many magnificentconstructions in Petra,
all carved in calcareous rock.
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Petra was constructed towards the 6th century BC. by the Nabatéens, during thPersian Empire.
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The Nabateos were Bedouins that lived on the commerce of spices, like incense, myrrh
and aromatic plants. .
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By the year 60 AD. Petra was conquered and enclosed to the Roman Empire.
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Through the years,the wind has leftits contribution,carving the mostbeautiful forms
in the mountains ofcalcareous rock.
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Petra was utilized for the final scene
of the movies Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
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They pay attentionto the details
carved ofthe interiors.
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The colors in the stones are natural.
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It is that it colored geological composition of the sand is favorable for "paintings" natural as these.
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Or these formations to remove the breath, found in the walls of some mountains.
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The nabateos built in Petra a sophisticated hydraulic system with tunnels and tanks of water
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This theater, in Greek-Roman style, had capacity for 4.000 spectators.
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In the year 551 a second great earthquake
destroyed almost all the city, and Petra never was
inhabited.
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