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Ad Deir, the Monastery, Petra, Nabatea, Jordan, 3rd c. BC. After an 800 step climb into the mountain, you find arguably Petra's greatest monument, both older and larger than the Treasury. Named for some crosses scraped inside by Byzantines, its original purpose is a mystery...
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Treasury chamber portal and round window, Petra, Nabatean Kingdom, 1st c. AD. Jordan. The two side portals are richly decorated. The pilasters end in floral capitals as those of the upper order of the building. Large volutes carry a wide cornice with winged creatures at the corners.
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Closer look of one of the chamber portals behind the columns with Corinthian capitals of the Treasury in Petra, Nabatean Kingdom, 1st c. AD. Jordan. 2,000 years after it was shaped, much of the exquisite detail of the carvings that adorn both the capitals and the portal survives.
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Corinthian Tomb, Petra, Jordan, 40-70 AD. One of the four "Royal Tombs", monumental sepulchres carved into the pink sandstone cliff, and based on the structure of the Treasury, its heavily weathered facade was designed in an architectural blend of Greek and Nabataean styles...
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Nabatean-Roman Theater, 1st Century AD. Petra, Jordan. Dug out from the sandstone mountainside next to the main street of Petra, the cavea could seat up around 8,000 spectators after the Romans enlarged it slicing through some of the existing tombs. The stage wall was also Roman...
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The sand blasted façade of the Nabatean style family tomb of Sextius Florentinus, c. 130 CE. Petra, Jordan. A Roman governor of Arabia Petrea, he likely ruled for just three years before his death. The semi-circular tympanum depicts a woman with vines. Inside are eight graves...
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