Jordan - Petra
May 3rd 2008 On the road to Petra
Petra is an archaeological site in Jordan. It is renowned for its rock-cut architecture.
The approach through a kilometer long, cool, and gloom chasm (or Siq) a long narrow gorge whose steeply rising sides all but obliterate the sun, provides a dramatic contrast with the magic to come. Suddenly the gorge opens into a natural square dominated by Petra's most famous monumen
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