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Title
Black And White Petra Treasury
Artist
Eva Kaufman
Medium
Digital Art - Photographs, Painting, Digital Art, Watercolor
Description
Petra is a city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an. It was the capital city of the Nabataeans, established around 6th century. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.
Entrance to the city is through the Siq, a narrow gorge, over which is flanked on either side by soaring approximately 240 feet high cliffs. This is the first glance of the Treasury walking through the Siq. What a sight!
According to Wikipedia: Petra, originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu, is a historical and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Petra lies on the slope of Jabal Al-Madbah in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah valley that run from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Petra is believed to have been settled as early as 9,000 BC, and it was possibly established in the 4th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataean Kingdom. The Nabataeans were nomadic Arabs who invested in Petra's proximity to the trade routes by establishing it as a major regional trading hub.
The trading business gained the Nabataeans considerable revenue and Petra became the focus of their wealth. The earliest historical reference to Petra was an attack to the city ordered by Antigonus I in 312 BC recorded by various Greek historians. The Nabataeans were, unlike their enemies, accustomed to living in the barren deserts, and were able to repel attacks by utilizing the area's mountainous terrain. They were particularly skillful in harvesting rainwater, agriculture and stone carving. Petra flourished in the 1st century AD when its famous Khazneh structure β believed to be the mausoleum of Nabataean King Aretas IV β was constructed, and its population peaked at an estimated 20,000 inhabitants.
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January 30th, 2019
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