Tombs – Petra, Jordon

We spent two days at Petra, the rose-stone city built in the 3rd century B.C.E. by the Nabataens who carved palaces, temples, tombs, storerooms, and stables from the rocky cliffs. Unlike most cities built on hillsides, Petra was built in a valley and the entrance was through a “siq”, which looks like a gorge, but it’s created by tectonic forces, not water.