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	Petra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Petra (from "petra", rock in Greek; Arabic: البتراء, al-Bitrā) is an archaeological site in Jordan, lying in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Wadi Araba, the great valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba.
		The Christianity of Petra, as of north Arabia, was swept away by the Islamic conquest of 629 - 632.
		Petra is the setting in Agatha Christie's crime novel Appointment with Death and its theatrical adaptation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Petra,_Jordan (2155 words)

	Jordan - Touristic Sites - South of Amman
		Petra, which means "stone" in Greek, is perhaps the most spectacular ancient city remaining in the modern world, and certainly a must-see for visitors to Jordan and the Middle East.
		Petra’s excellent state of preservation can be attributed to the fact that almost all of its hundreds of "buildings" have been hewn out of solid rock: there are only a few free-standing buildings in the city.
		Petra is open from roughly 06:00 until 18:00, and 20 dinars is the cost of a one-day adult ticket for non-Jordanians.
	www.kinghussein.gov.jo /tourism6d.html (3259 words)

	Petravan Caravan Tours (Petra, Jordan)
		Jordan's economy is largely agricultural, although less than 5% of the land is arable.
		Jordan is blessed with a Mediterranean climate for pleasurable year-round travel with the lush green of spring the ideal season for a visit.
		Jordan is two hours ahead of GMT in winter and three hours ahead in summer.
	www.petra-caravan.com /general.html (536 words)

	Nabataea: Ancient Petra, capital Nabataean city
		Was Petra originally a religious city, or was it an urban center for the Nabataeans.
		The Petra Scrolls clearly tell us of the crowded living conditions within the city during the Byzantine era, but little is known of Petra during its purely Nabataean days from around 60 BC to 200 AD.
		As the Nabataeans were nomadic people who traditionally lived in tents, it is assumed that for the first several hundred years of their occupation of the Inner Kingdom that they lived in tents, and did not erect stone houses.
	nabataea.net /petra.html (968 words)

	Marc's Petra, Jordan Page
		Petra was forgotten by most of the world until 1812, when it was "rediscovered" by John Burckhardt, a Swiss adventurer disguised as a Moslem.
		Petra, Jordan and Moab, Utah were used extensively in this film, based on a story by Honoré de Balzac, about a French Napoleonic soldier lost in the Egyptian desert who has an unusual relationship with a leopard.
		Petra from Space - A radar image taken from the Space Shuttle crew used by archaeologists to study geographical factors that influenced the cultural developments of Petra, Jordan.
	www.marcm.net /petra.htm (889 words)

	Petra, Jordan: The Rose Colour City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In the movie, it was the "Valley of the Sickle Moon" (the entrance is through a gorge or siq) and the resting place of the Holy Grail or the Cup of Christ.
		Just like the movie, Petra was indeed lost for centuries but at one time it was a major hub on the trade route....
		By the 6th century BC, the area was inhabited by the Nabateans - a nomadic tribe originating from the northwestern Arabia.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Troy/8987/petra.htm (517 words)

	Straight.com Vancouver \| Travel \| Lost city found in Calgary
		Petra was founded in the seventh century BC as a hideout for the Nabataeans, a nomadic desert tribe that plundered camel caravans plying the overland trade route between the Arabian Peninsula and the Mediterranean coast.
		For hundreds of years, the xenophobic Bedoul guarded Petraâs secrets, denying outsiders access to the Siqâ”the 1,200-metre-long, five-metre-wide sliver in the cliffs that was, and still is, the only route into the city.
		Despite this tragedy, Jordan remains one of the safest countries for tourists in the Middle East.
	www.straight.com /content.cfm?id=14418 (1179 words)

	Petra
		Petra was chosen as the capital of the Nabateans because it was located in a valley surrounded by sandstone mountains.
		Some believe that Petra may be Sela in the OT, largely because of the meaning of the name (2 Ki 14:7; Isa 16:1).
		Petra - The Great Temple Excavation (Brown University) The homepage of the Petra Great Temple Excavations which provides a summary of Petra's history and excavations, plus an in-depth study of the Great Temple.
	www.bibleplaces.com /petra.htm (675 words)

	Robert Fulford's column about Petra, Jordan
		The Treasury was in fact merely a tomb, and for just one man, a ruler of the Nabatean Arabs, who built Petra and used it as their capital for four centuries before the birth of Christ.
		The Nabateans grew rich by taxing the caravans that passed nearby, and Petra became richer still after the Nabatean kingdom was annexed as a province of Rome.
		Petra began a long decline in the third century CE, when caravan routes shifted elsewhere.
	www.robertfulford.com /petra.html (770 words)

	Petra - tips by travel authority Howard Hillman
		It is an ancient city of tombs, temples and other monumental buildings carved into solid sandstone cliffs in arid gorges in southern Jordan.
		The cliff buildings of Petra were sculpted by the Nabataeans, an Arab tribe that flourished from around the 4th century BC to 106 AD, when the Romans took control.
		They were remarkable engineers who constructed a sophisticated pipe-and-tunnel water system to bring in drinking water and keep out flash floods.
	www.hillmanwonders.com /petra/petra.htm (233 words)

	Petra: Jordan's Ancient and Mysterious Treasure
		Petra, where breath-taking architecture is carved into rose-colored sandstone cliffs, is a three-hour drive south of Amman, Jordan.
		Petra's glory days were in the century before Christ's birth.
		Following Petra's decline a few centuries after Christ's birth, most of its buildings were buried by sand which sheltered the carvings over the centuries.
	www.frugalfun.com /petra.html (830 words)

	Petra: Jordan's City in the Rock @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Petra: Jordan's City in the Rock @ nationalgeographic.com
		In the centuries that followed, Petra disappeared from most maps and was known only through ancient lore.
		Efforts to protect Petra and its artifacts continue even as tourism grows at a steady pace and excavations uncover more of the long-lost city.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /explorer/petra/more.html (209 words)

	Forgotten Wonders: Petra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Despite several attempts to conquer their capital, the Nabataeans remained practically independent until the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra and the reunification of the Roman Empire by Octavian in 31 BC.
		In 106, the Romans under Trajan finally captured Petra to mark the beginning of the decline of the city.
		The entrance to the city is through The Alley (Al-Siq), a winding trail at the bottom of the canyon.
	ce.eng.usf.edu /pharos/wonders/Forgotten/petra.html (260 words)

	Petra of JORDAN, petra the rose red City Nabatean petra, country: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
		The most famous attraction in Jordan is the Nabatean city of Petra, some 262 kilometers or 160 miles south of Amman.
		Petra still forms part of the domain of the Bedouin.
		Beyond el Khazneh the visitor surrounded on both sides by hundreds of Petra's curved and built structures, soaring temples, elaborate royal tombs, a curved Roman theater (seating 3,000), large and small houses, burial chambers, banquet halls, water channels and reservoirs, bathes, monumental staircases, cultic installations, markets, arched gates public buildings and paved streets.
	members.fortunecity.com /tourism1/petra.html (478 words)

	A TRIP TO PETRA, JORDAN
		Eilat is wedged between the borders of Jordan and Egypt and is a playground for the more wealthy Israeli tourists.
		The decline of Petra was swift and inevitable and by the 16th century Petra was lost to the West.
		Petra is certainly on a par with the great pyramids of Egypt.
	www.our-trips.com /chris-annette/jordan/jordan.htm (1306 words)

	50 Places @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The most momentous work of the Nabatean stonecutters, Al Deir (the Monastery)—jewel of Jordan’s Petra was probably a shrine to the Nabatean god Dushara.
		Petra awes me with its splendid synthesis of the hand of God and the genius of humankind.
		Explore Petra with Jordan’s Queen Noor, Honorary President of the Petra National Trust, in the October 1999 issue of TRAVELER.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /traveler/petra.html (177 words)

	Petra, Jordan - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Petra (Greek, "city of rock"), ancient city of Arabia, in what is now southwestern Jordan, immediately east of the village of Wadi Musa.
		From the 4th century BC until the 2nd century AD, Petra was the capital of the Nabataean Kingdom.
		It was conquered by the Muslims in the 7th century and captured by the Crusaders in the 12th century; gradually it fell into ruins.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /petra.htm (343 words)

	Salon Wanderlust \| Discovering Petra
		These extraordinary people were the Nabateans, and their prosperity came from the location of their capital, Petra, at the junction of trade routes linking Rome with China and India.
		It was late afternoon when we arrived, and as we planned "to do Petra" the next day, the others chose to explore the cliff-edge village.
		On either side stood the ruins of outer Petra, notably hundreds of Nabatean tombs, a honeycomb of caves gouged into the craggy red cliffs.
	www.salon.com /wlust/feature/1997/11/26feature.html (696 words)

	go2petra.com, Petra, Jordan, guide, pictures, history and more..
		Petra, located in the south of the Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan, a city carved into red sand rock mountains on the edge of the Dead Sea Rift valley, overlookig Wadi Araba.
		The beauty of nature in the area has added to the city's charm, time had its share in creating the amazing rock formations and colors of its mountains.
		Petra now is a prime touristic destination, visited daily by thousands of lucky tourists from all over the world, the combination of nature, archaeology and the chance to meet the local Bedouins makes it a favourite place for many travellers.
	www.go2petra.com (188 words)

	Petra, Jordan
		It is the legacy of the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2000 years ago.
		Suddenly the gorge opens into a natural square dominated by Petra's most famous monument, The Treasury (El-Khazneh), whose intricately carved facade glows in the dazzling sun.
		Petra sights are at their best in early morning and late afternoon, when the sun warms the multicolored stones, you can view
	www.atlastours.net /jordan/petra.html (317 words)

	Petra Jordan - the Treasury as in Indiana Jones the Last Crusade - Full Screen QTVR movie week 24 Panoramas.dk
		Travel to Petra Jordan in by virtual interacvtive photography.
		Petra the forgotten City - View the Treasury in Petra as Indiana Jones did.
		The City of Petra was hidden in the mountains of Jordan for thousands of years when a young Swiss explorer Johan Ludwig Burckhardt rediscovered it in 1812.
	www.panoramas.dk /fullscreen2/full24.html (260 words)

	Hotels in Jordan - Cheap Hotels Jordan
		Hotel Description: Set against a breathtaking view of the Petra Mountains, Crowne Plaza Resort Petra, is the only real choice for your visit to explore 9000 years of history....
		Hotel Description: The Petra Marriott is located five miles southeast of Petra nearby the town of Wadi Moussa.
		Kasbah.com has one of the webs largest database of accommodation in Jordan and including the popular cites Amman, Aqaba and Jordan and other top destinations including Madaba, Petra and South Shuneh.
	www.kasbah.com /resort_hotels/country_jordan.htm (440 words)

	Jordan Hotels - Movenpick Hotel Petra, Jordan
		Petra Hotels - Movenpick Hotel Petra, Jordan with huge discount on published rates guaranteed!
		As you will surely marvel at the wonder of the rose-red city of Petra, just a few steps away lies another unexpected treasure, the Movenpick Resort Petra.
		Enjoy an afternoon tea at the quaint, wicker-chaired tea room or discover the history of Petra amongst the volumes in the Burckhardt Library.
	www.southtravels.com /middleeast/jordan/movenpickhotel/index.html (437 words)

	Petra Pictures - Jordan Photos
		Click on the image to see 11 pages of Petra Pictures, Jordan
		Petra, ' a rose-red city, half as old as time,' is in the Middle-Eastern country of Jordan, an Arab monarchy, and one of the friendliest countries on the planet - despite some quite barking neighbours.
		This is an ancient wonder of stunning grandeur and beauty set in an arid rockscape.
	www.bugbog.com /gallery/petra_pictures/petra_door.html (106 words)

	Petra Hotels: Read Petra Hotel Reviews and Compare Prices - TripAdvisor
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		Traveling inside Jordan (3 replies, 10:11 am, July 28, 2006)
		TripAdvisor™ provides unbiased reviews, articles, recommendations and opinions on hotels in Petra, including Petra resorts, inns and B&Bs.
	www.tripadvisor.com /Hotels-g293990-Petra-Hotels.html (407 words)

	Petra, Jordan
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	www.odyssei.com /destinations/9061.html (85 words)

	Petra accommodation, hotel directory of Petra, Jordan
		- A four star hotel, 4 km from Petra.
		- A list of the hotels in the Petra region.
		- A three star hotel, 300 metres from Petra.
	www.hoteldirectory.ws /jordan/petra_jordan_hotels.htm (74 words)

	Discount Hotel Rooms in Petra, Jordan at Orbitz
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	www.orbitz.com /hotel-info/FRJO/C7794-1.html (151 words)

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	www.reserveonlineandsave.com /PETRA-JORDAN.html (148 words)

	Petra, Jordan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Petra, Jordan is the place in the desert that is prepared by God for the Jewish people.
		They will flee from the Antichrist when Jerusalem falls as referenced in
		The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent's reach.
	www.cynet.com /Jesus/prophecy/petra.htm (98 words)

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