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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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The Treasury seen from the Siq, Petra, 1st Century AD. One of the most elaborate rock-cut tombs in the capital of the Nabatean Kingdom, as most of the surviving buildings and tombs in the city, the facade was carved out of the cliff. This was the first glimpse of Petra on arrival...
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The first and second floors of the Treasury, in Petra, seen from above. The ground floor, with at least 6 chambers, likely royal tombs, is buried under 6 ft of sand and rocks carried by the wind and the floods. A carved door can be seen in the picture through the grate on the left...
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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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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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Nymphaeum in Jerasa, Jerash, Jordan, 190 AD. Built as a main source of water to the multiple small public fountains along the Cardo. It consisted of two side aisles which enclosed a central semi-circular apse that was topped with a concrete vault. The façade was richly ornamented...
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Goddess of Hayyan, Nabatean Kingdom, 1st-2nd century AD, Jordan. This limestone carving is the most human-like example of an eye betyl found in Petra so far. The betyl is not a representation of the God or an idol, but a medium of the presence of the God so it can be venerated...
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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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The Criel Mound in West Virginia, built in 250–150 BC. Inside the mound, there was 2 skeletons near the top, and 11 at the base, which consisted of a large skeleton at the center surrounded by 10 others arranged in a spoke-like pattern with their feet pointing toward the central skeleton
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