Petra

​The ancient city of Petra is located deep within the deserts of Jordan, at a crossroads of the ancient Near East. It was inhabited by a group of Arabian Desert traders called the Nabataeans, who carried incense, spice and perfume along the major routes of commerce. They took advantage of the precious water, which enabled the growth of the population and the flourishment of the city. Petra has a lot of monumental tombs to memorialize their kings and honor their leaders, and they stand out because of the carved entrances that were made by a whole group of masons. Their main idea was to display wealth, so the rich families hired master architects to design their funerary monuments. This beautiful city became an urban center thanks to the paved road trough the Siq, which allowed all the wheeled vehicles to import limestone used in construction of the buildings. After that, Roman planners tried to impose their urban grid on this sprawling settlement, so they created one straight road along the central marketplace. For all these reasons, Petra is nowadays one of the cities that have captured the attention of many archeologists who have been discovering new clues and a fact about it’s past . media type="file" key="Petra.mp3" width="320" height="19"