Inside story of Petra

Petra began as a major stop for Nabataeans and foreign traders. These nomadic merchants shipped textiles, Incense, Spices, Ivory and other valuable goods grown or manufactured in Arabia, Asia and Africa. 

Petra is one of the seven new wonders of the world

This ancient city of petra is half artificial and half carved into rock. Petra against the backdrop of pink rocks is a beautiful sight. Its natural beauty is one of the seven wonders of the world and is a UNESCO world Heritage site. UNESCO described it as a place of outstanding universal value.

This is because the towns people are very creative and innovative, appearing in architecture and hygiene. Depsite being in the middle of the desert, the Nabataeans had water and food sufficiently.

Petra is a symbolic ancient site in southern Jordan. Petra's magnificent monument, which was a secret to everyone except Bedouins until 1812, is now considered one of the wonders of the world.

Petra was founded by the once Nomadic kingdom of the Nabaetaeans. The Nabaetaeans built cities from sandstone outcrops and cliff, settled and made Petra the capital. The Nabaetaeans carefully chose this location, choosing a location along the path of numerous strategic caravan routes.

It is unknown when petra was founded, but it has been inhabited since prehistoric times and settled in the 4th Century BC. It was completely built when it became famous as incredible architecural feat of the time. 312 BC Petra was attacked by Antigonus I monophthalmos, a general of Alexander the Great, but he was unable to conquer it.

Under the Nabataeans, Petra continued to prosper, developing into a trading center with a population of about 3,00,000 and becoming very prosperous. He was able to resist many invasions and conquets, including those by the Hasmonean Jewish Fedaration and the Romans. In 106 AD, during the reign of Roman  emperor Trajan, petra lost independence when it was incorporated into Roman Arab terrritory.

The ancient inhabitants of petra were very innovative

As dessert dwellers, the Nabtaens needed to find a way to help them save water. They built dams and other reservoirs to store rainwater all year around. These reservoirs were convenient in the event of a flood. With enough water, they could farm. People live in the cave to this day. Some of them have been relocated to new locations by the Jordanian government.

Petra's face was not a tressure

The treasury, also known as Al- Khazneh, is Petra's most famous rock building. This was the face of an ancient city because it was so gorgeous. The structure was so popular that most people believed it was Petra itself.