a closer look at astonishing Petra

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Carved into the red rock of today's southwestJordan by a people called the Nabateans hundreds of years before Christ, this ancient city first brought to many of our attentions by Hollywood's Indiana Jones is much more than just its most-photographed feature, the so-called Treasury (right), but also a mesmerizing complex of houses, tombs, theaters, and other structures, set amidst stunning desert topography, all of which impart a sense of...  keep reading