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  • Uploaded by: Photo of mikdbow mikdbow
    In album: Jordan; Petra
    In Webshots channel: travel
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  • Date uploaded: Fri Dec 31 21:03:33 PST 2010

The track from Wadi Mousa village to Petra passes first through a wide valley between pale sandstone hills. In Arabic it is called Bab as-Siq – gateway to the gorge – for it leads into the great natural cleft in the rock known as the Siq, the most dramatic of the entrances to Petra. Here in early Nabataean times traders would arrive with their weary caravans, filling the air with clouds of dust and the vivid sounds of men shouting, camels grunting their complaints, donkeys braying, dogs barking. Here they would settle for a while, unloading their cargoes of pungent spices, myrrh, frankincense, precious stones and rich fabrics.

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