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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 21:08:41 PST 2010

The main entrance to the city, a canyon 1.2 km. long, starts with an arch, the remains of which can still be seen, and a dam that is still doing its job. The dam was built by the Nabataeans to stop floods caused by rain water from coming into the Siq, and redirect it through a tunnel into Wadi Al Muthlim, to get to the center of the city and then west all the way to Wadi Araba. The Siq used to carry water coming from the Musa spring in Wadi Musa, into Petra through two water channels that can be seen on both its sides. One of the channels is carved in the rock while the other is made from ciramic pipes, the remains of these pipes can be seen in the Siq and some are exhibited in the museum in Petra.

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