Petra (Al-Khazneh)

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Petra (Al-Khazneh)

Nabataean rock-cut city in Jordan. Al-Khazneh — the Treasury — is carved directly into a sandstone cliff face, 40m tall. Was lost to the Western world until rediscovered by Burckhardt in 1812.

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