Al-Khazneh pictures from middle east photos on webshots

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Uploaded by: ykarelic4

In album: Petra - The Rose-Red City

In Webshots channel: travel
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Date uploaded: Dec 16, 2007

Its Arabic name Treasury derives from a legend that bandits or pirates hid their loot in a stone urn high on the second level. Significant damage from bullets can be seen on the urn. Local lore attributes this to Bedouins, who are said to have shot at the urn in hopes of breaking it open and spilling out the "treasure" within (the decorative urn however, is solid sandstone). Many of the building's architectural details have eroded away during the two thousand years since it was carved and sculpted from the cliff.

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Uploaded:: Dec 16, 2007
Taken on:: Dec 6, 2007

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Make:: Canon
Model:: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
F stop:: F/3.5
Exposure:: 1/125 sec.
Focal length:: 14.2 mm
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A shame about sandstone; easy to carve, easily eroded. This is a wonderful angle, and the detail is excellent.

said cabrosh 2008.02.17 at 05:40:43 PST
The color of the stone is so beautiful!

said dianeaub 2008.01.14 at 15:30:09 PST
I really love the angle you have chosen for this shot Yair ,makes the capture so interesting & different.

said lynne294 2008.01.13 at 00:47:27 PST
What amazing architecture and the lighting is perfect.

said zanegol04 2008.01.05 at 12:15:23 PST
wonderful angle & lightin! love the contrast of the natural rock with the carved sandstone ... such gorgeous detail! so glad you went there Yair! even if you did lose sleep! this is oneof my favorites :}

said mabelscritterart 2008.01.02 at 12:41:13 PST
Another great shot.

said ranyaari100 2008.01.02 at 02:22:29 PST
how difficult must have been to build such thing...the world may have evolved, but the talent was always around

said enemaria100 2008.01.01 at 10:23:30 PST