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Petra is the jewel of South Jordan, a unique 2,000-year-old rock-carved city. Carved entirely into the rose-red cliffs, the remains of the once lost Nabataean city of Petra include temples, Roman theaters, monasteries, houses and roads. Petra flourished for over 400 years around the time of Rome and Christ, until it was occupied by the Roman legions of the emperor Trajan in 106 A.D. The Petra basin boasts over 800 individual monuments that were mostly carved from the sandstone by the technical and artistic genius of the Nabataeans. The wealth and political power of the Nabataean people derived from their control of the international trade routes that linked China, India and Southern Arabia with the wealthy Mediterranean markets such as Anatolia, Greece, Rome, Egypt and Syria. Lost to outsiders for hundreds of years, Petra has been a symbol of the hidden treasures of the Near East since its rediscovery in 1812 by the Swiss explorer John Ludwig Burckhardt.

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  • Dear Yair, What a marvellous photo of a wonderful place. Your album starts perfect!

    said photo of Elena14u Elena14u 3 months 23 days ago

  • Wonderful!

    said photo of Kristhai Kristhai 2008.03.24 at 22:06:08 PDT

  • Lovely sculpture colour and nice photograph -Jay

    said photo of Jayramji Jayramji 2008.03.08 at 01:31:05 PST

  • Fabulous picture of a fabulous place. I wonder how it looked before the statues had worn away.

    said photo of cabrosh cabrosh 2008.02.17 at 05:34:57 PST

  • Hi Yair, Really enjoyed this album. Petra is on our list of must see...hope it will be soon. Thanks for the note on our Amazon pictures...it was a great time. We just got back from the Galapagos Islands and will post as soon as we sort our thousands of pictures.

    said photo of louisehuot louisehuot 2008.01.30 at 09:36:45 PST

  • This is so amazing that I am speechless! When I think of the work that went into carving this, I am dumbstruck!

    said photo of RSPBROWN RSPBROWN 2008.01.26 at 17:03:27 PST

  • I just came back from Egypt and absolutely loved it. Was dying to go to Petra but didn't make it this time. These are great photos of a fantastic place. It's still high on my list - will get there someday soon. Beautiful album. Congrats on the feature. Lorraine (NYC)

    said photo of spinal111 spinal111 2008.01.25 at 08:39:05 PST

  • Wow, what an opening shot, so stunning!

    said photo of worldtripper3 worldtripper3 2008.01.22 at 05:13:41 PST

  • Fantastic photo of a fantastic city!

    said photo of huguette296100 huguette296100 2008.01.20 at 12:11:56 PST

  • And thankyou for including the information above. Now I know something I did not know a few minutes ago Yair.

    said photo of sueberger sueberger 2008.01.19 at 08:22:10 PST

  • How very fascinating and beautiful!

    said photo of rainingviolets rainingviolets 2008.01.18 at 06:21:17 PST

  • Hello Yair,This is a very good shot.Very interesting information.I have never heard about The Rose-Red City.

    said photo of faisca112 faisca112 2008.01.16 at 05:49:12 PST

  • An excellent starting shot. The light and the composition is perfect.

    said photo of fuij fuij 2008.01.15 at 00:24:05 PST

  • Beautiful & with so much history!

    said photo of dianeaub dianeaub 2008.01.14 at 15:13:18 PST

  • My parents have been there long time ago... it's a beautiful place!

    said photo of rodemicheli rodemicheli 2008.01.13 at 03:04:40 PST

  • My dear Yair ,this album makes me feel quite strange ,Petra is so steeped in history & here you have presented it magnificently & with such commentary! This first capture of the album is spine tingling ,the soft pinky gold light makes for a completely stunning image.

    said photo of lynne294 lynne294 2008.01.13 at 00:37:16 PST

  • Nice shot! I have just returned from that place three days ago!

    said photo of russpsych russpsych 2008.01.11 at 12:30:36 PST

  • Congratulations Yair on your feature. Fantastic capture.

    said photo of tenia115 tenia115 2008.01.10 at 23:01:58 PST

  • This is so amazing, Yair! Such a beautiful stone work!!!

    said photo of quartominguante quartominguante 2008.01.07 at 17:24:02 PST

  • Congratulations, Yair, for this being featured in Middle East Travel. Awesome lead shot as I said before, and I am happy more folks will now see it.

    said photo of albertsville albertsville 2008.01.04 at 11:26:19 PST

  • Dear Yair, congratulations on having this beautiful album cover featured today in Travel/Middle East

    said photo of enemaria100 enemaria100 2008.01.04 at 10:33:47 PST

  • Wow! I'd like to see this building in reality! Very beautiful!

    said photo of adrisimari adrisimari 2008.01.04 at 05:16:38 PST

  • Wonderful, a perfect shot

    said photo of mreza198 mreza198 2008.01.04 at 03:10:33 PST

  • This is amazing Yair....pitty that Petra was damaged a lot in the last years...

    said photo of flower11rose flower11rose 2008.01.03 at 03:38:37 PST

  • and I agree with scumpa chief, you are a Pro!

    said photo of enemaria100 enemaria100 2008.01.02 at 13:02:38 PST

  • I agree with scumpa Maria .. the building is on fire with sunlight and glowing .. I've seen pics of this, but never this close up with the amazing detail ... great job Yair ! UR a PRO !!!! such a lot of work to make this!

    said photo of mabelscritterart mabelscritterart 2008.01.02 at 11:23:35 PST

  • Excellent lead shot and interesting info.

    said photo of albertsville albertsville 2008.01.02 at 07:30:17 PST

  • Wonderful historical information! Thanks for sharing it all, Yair!

    said photo of bcw1_ bcw1_ 2008.01.02 at 06:56:15 PST

  • Dear Yair, as you know, you and I, we have so many places that we wish to visit, we both have a long, long list. This beautiful place is in my list too. My admiration to you again and again for another wonderful album like this one.

    said photo of csfoto csfoto 2008.01.02 at 06:25:08 PST

  • Wow unreal! Wonderful perspective, such detail! incredible!

    said photo of catmonster1969 catmonster1969 2008.01.02 at 04:04:50 PST

  • Great capture Yair and I loved your explains.

    said photo of ranyaari100 ranyaari100 2008.01.02 at 02:17:45 PST

  • Back to photo nr 1. This is majestic!!!!

    said photo of enemaria100 enemaria100 2008.01.01 at 21:06:32 PST

  • Yair, this is a gorgeous capture, a great cover for this album, the lighting is amazing...it makes the "building" glow

    said photo of enemaria100 enemaria100 2007.12.31 at 09:38:10 PST

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