The lost city of Petra in Jordan was rediscovered in 1812 by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, a Swiss explorer, who heard rumours of an ancient city sculpted into the mountains. The city’s screen appearances include Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Arabian Nights, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. There is no doubt that Petra is a city of adventure.
Carved onto the rock face, Petra is a rose tinted city and Jordan’s prime attraction. Located between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, Petra is considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World, it is also a UNESCO world heritage site and it is undoubtedly a city brimming with history and beauty.
After you have passed through the Siq, a long sun-eclipsing chasm which forms the entrance to Petra, you are faced with The Treasury, also known as El-Khazneh. This is just the firs
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