PETRA :The Treasury -first look:)
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<b>Al Khazneh (&quot;The Treasury&quot;) is one of the most elaborate buildings in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. As with most of the other buildings in this ancient town, the structure was carved out of a sandstone rock face. It has classical Greek-influenced architecture, and it is a popular tourist attraction.

It is unknown as to why Al Khazneh was originally built, probably between 100 BC and 200 AD.[1] Its Arabic name Treasury derives from a legend that bandits or pirates hid their loot in a stone urn high on the second level. Significant damage from bullets can be seen on the urn. Local lore attributes this to Bedouins, who are said to have shot at the urn in hopes of breaking it open and spilling out the &quot;treasure&quot; within (the decorative urn however, is solid sandstone). Many of the building's architectural details have eroded away during the two thousand years since it was carved and sculpted from the cliff.

There are burial chambers on either side of a ramp (not shown in the image to the right) which were excavated in 2003.

Petra  is an archaeological site in the Arabah, Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, lying on the slope of Mount Hor[1] in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It is renowned for its rock-cut architecture. Petra is also one of the new wonders of the world. The Nabateans constructed it as their capital city around 100 BCE.[2]

The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced to the West by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. It was famously described as &quot;a rose-red city half as old as time&quot; in a Newdigate prize-winning sonnet by John William Burgon. UNESCO has described it as &quot;one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage.&quot;[3] In 1985, Petra was designated a World Heritage Site.<b>
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