Petra is likewise a notable city situated in
Jordan, south of the nation 225
km south of the capital Amman toward the west of the
fundamental street between the capital Amman and the city of Aqaba
Petra is viewed as a standout amongst the most
critical archeological locales in Jordan and on the planet since it
has no parallel on the planet. It as of late won the second place on the planet
rivalry of the Seven Wonders of the World, which is an entire city cut in pink
shake (thus the name Petra and means Greek shake) In Nabatiyeh Rgaimo). Petra is otherwise called the Pink City
in connection to the shade of the stones that shaped its development, a city
that takes after the stronghold
Worked by the Nabataeans in 400 BC and made of
them as their capital and near the city there is Mount Haroun,
which is accepted to incorporate the tomb of the Prophet Harun peace be upon
him and the seven springs that hit Moses with his stone stick and detonated. Petra was picked on
7/7/2007 as one of the seven new ponders of the world
• Petra was the capital of the Nabataeans and the
most essential urban areas of their kingdom, which kept going between 400 BC
and 106 AD. Its fringes reached out from the shore
of Ashkelon in Palestine
toward the west and to the Levant in the east.
From the north of Damascus to the Red Sea toward
the south, Mesopotamia, the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt are of
monetary significance. The Nabataeans took control of the exchange between the
civic establishments of these districts and their tenants. Business processions
touched base with flavors and flavors from southern Arabia and silk from Gaza, Damascus, Henna from
Ashkelon, dish sets from Tire, Sidon and pearls
from the Arabian Gulf
• The finish of the Nabatean state was because of
the Romans when they blockaded it and denied it of water assets in 105 years
and called it the Arab state. In 636, Petra
turned into the capital of whatever is left of its populace, however the quake
of 746/748 and different seismic tremors,
• With
the begin of orientalist excursions to the Arab world in the nineteenth
century, Petra was found in 1812 by the Swiss orientalist Johann Ludwig
Berkhaert, who learned Arabic and contemplated Islam in Syria. He came to Petra, asserting to be a Muslim from India, in the
wake of denying the Islamic dress and offering a yield to the Prophet Harun, in
this manner enabling nearby inhabitants to enter the pink city. His 1828 book,
known as Tours in Syria
and the Holy Land, contained pictures of Petra
One of the most renowned illustrations of Petra was the lithography of David Roberts of Petra and Wadi Musa amid his visit in 1839, which surpassed the quantity of twenty lithographs and printed a large number of them, which gave Petra a worldwide month. Petra has numerous canvases and other nineteenth century photos, which demonstrates how much intrigue his rediscovery of Europe has had at the time
One of the well known works of Petra is a
watercolor painting of Petra's 1880s by Petra, and the main English original
copy guide of Petra in 1830 by the itinerant voyager of Laboudi and photos of
Petra by Frit in 1830 [28 meters high and 39.5 meters high, The
remaining parts of the assortments of the Nabataean
• Petra is cut into shake and concealed behind an impervious obstruction from the scarcely permeable heaps of baffling appeal. The activity is a restricted pathway with high heights that scarcely enable the sun to pass, giving an emotional difference to the following enchantment. All of a sudden, the opening opens onto a characteristic square that highlights the celebrated shake strewn treasure cut under the brilliant sun
There are numerous exteriors that entice the guest all
through his stroll in the old city, and every turning point prompts another
instructor with the union of separations. The aggregate size of the city, and
in addition the excellence of the cut veneers, makes the guest bewildered and
gives him a thought of the level of imagination and industry in the Nabataeans
who made Petra their capital over 2,000 years prior. From their capital, the
Nabataeans built up a system of processions that brought flavors, incense,
dates, gold, silver and valuable stones from India
and the Arabian Peninsula to exchange the west
because of the riches they acquired, they enlivened their city with royal residences, sanctuaries and curves. When it begins from the portal to the city, the valley looks wide and open. this area is known as a limited passage entryway Siq. The first is the accumulation of the jinn is a gathering of three shapes rough to one side of the passageway and when crossing more through the area sees the guest's tomb of cut pillars in the stone slant and at a minute the hall turns from wide to a dull hole does not surpass the width of a few feet and all of a sudden and a few Steps to get the primary vision of the finest accomplishment of Petra is the sheltered, which is noticeable under the sun and consuming in the stone
The tallness of this façade is around 39.1 meters and its
width is around 25.30
meters. The length of the sections on the principal
floor is around 12.65
meters, the second floor is around 9 meters and the jug over
the stand is 3.50 meters
high. The façade comprises of two areas: the upper and lower segments, the
broken triangle and the round building. The lower part comprises of six
sections. The segments in the middle are isolated from the divider and the
segments of the primary sort are vegetal. . The segments are brightened with
sets of winged brutes, including vases, whose tails are curved and interlocked,
and on either side of the frieze is a face projecting from flower takes off.
The state of the triangle (Pediment) is a sunlight based plate amongst horns
and wheat ears. It symbolizes the goddess Isis of Egypt. Amidst the frieze, a
face rises up out of the leaves of the Acanthus. It has been misshaped. At the
highest point of the triangle stands a winged creature,
These structures demonstrate the impact of the
Egyptian human advancement regarding content. In the horizontal ranges between
the segments, there is a base above which is cut. It is a human frame that
stands before a stallion. The cutting of stallions and camels in Nabataean
funerary workmanship is clear. Past life. The upper piece of the cabinet
comprises of six front columns and eight back columns, connecting the dividers
and their second sort
"What's more, amidst the façade is the
roundabout working with a slanting rooftop in the state of a tent, beat by a
crown and a container, while the upper one is improved with various plant
leaves, pomegranate, grapes and pine, including human appearances. In the focal
point of the Tholos building stands the statue of the goddess Isis with the
wheat schnitzels that symbolize it, the goddess of death (the goddess of death)
Egyptian, and on its side between the segments we discover statues of triumph
And the most elevated triangles are models of
hawk shapes. The symmetry in the façade is especially regarding design and
geometric enrichment, in spite of the fact that the figures on the sides are
not indistinguishable to each other, but rather are steady with each other or
with the façade. Dalman portrayed the façade as comprising of two exteriors of
the sanctuary, the front and the back set over each other, the storm cellar
demonstrating the passage to the sanctuary, and the upper implying an asylum
(Sanctuary)
He included that this gathering was imitated in
the religious community building and the corinthian tomb just, which is against
custom however reasonable for the place. A few hypotheses have emerged in
regards to the sources of the vault, and numerous scientists have attempted to
discover comparative structures, which might be the motivation for the outline
of the vault. Many found that their cause goes back to the structures of Alexandria, for example,
the sanctuary of Cleo Petra and the library, while Papenstecher indicated the
presence of the Tholos working in numerous private houses and castles
encompassed by colonnaded exhibitions. Starcky, The façade of Al-Khazna mirrors
the design of the Egyptian city of Alexandria
amid the Hellenistic period,
Notwithstanding, we find that this façade blends
oriental impacts, spoke to in the divine beings and the Egyptian pharaohs, the
Syrian bird, the eastern container shape, Hellenistic styles, Nabataeans in the
structures and designs of the crowns, the frieze and a portion of the
attributes of the statues among established building components. The lower some
portion of the vault is like a corinthian sanctuary with six sections over a
low-ascent base. The sections end with corinthian crowns. In any case, they
don't look like the crowns that we know in Jerash and Baalbek, which go back to the second century
AD. Akanthus, and rather than the third column, the craftsman shaped the
improvement of the plant is exceptionally exact, out of which coz pine, to
possess the center of the level or Apacos
Over the sections is a hant of the Ionian
style, broken between the keep going two segments on each side, and the frieze
over the figure is additionally of Ionic style. It comprises of flower themes
and legendary creatures in times like the earthenware vessels in the graveyards
known as the Lecmrimaria. . The triangle is situated in the center four
segments, not the entirety of the sections, as in the Roman sanctuaries. Inside
it, there are numerous vegetal themes encompassing the leader of a lady whose
highlights have been misshaped and can be compared to the goddess Al-Tanur, as
of now in the Amman
Museum. At the highest
point of the triangle is the Acrckrium The plate of the sun is encompassed by
two horns and wheat stalks, which is the insignia of the Egyptian goddess Isis,
and the goddess Hattur, which compares to the goddess Ashtaroth,
The triangle depends on the base of the second
floor improved with a frieze of blooms, with sphinx statues at either end. The
second part is not quite the same as the first, regarding enrichment and
design. In the center is a round slow down called the Tholos encompassed by the
Corinthian segments, finished with a roof taking after constraint, finishing
with a corinthian crown and a jug, as a rule containing cinders. What's more,
it was wrecked in light of the fact that the Bedouins were shooting at it. They
trusted that it contained the Pharaoh's protected. This name has been utilized
right up 'til the present time. On the two sides of the booth are two columns
finished with sections. Above them is a broken triangle or more it are the
remaining parts of fallen falcons. Nabataean build prevailing with regards to
staying away from tedium and making noticeable places And breaking the
triangles on the upper sides, softening the henna up the lower floor, and
making the symmetry between the statuettes on the two stories.
Statues: On the main floor between the other two
sections, the statues of the divine beings known to the Greeks in Dioscori, or
Castor and Polux (the children of the Zeus), were driving the dead to the next
world, so each of them holds the reins of his stallion. Towards the west, and
the second toward the east, a sign that they take after the sun in its dawn and
dusk. The daiscurri is in the higher classes of the Amazon. They are warring
ladies, as the Greek folklore says, each with its plaits on her head, hitting
the dance floor with the war, while their dresses fly into the air. At the
front of the stand, the statue of the fortunate goddess Tiki rises, conveying
an era of thriving in her left hand, an image of ripeness, and numerous statues
in Greek craftsmanship. The statue is encompassed by six winged wings of
triumph
Inside the safe are three rooms, two as an
afterthought and the other in the center, and the side rooms are vacant with
the exception of a cabinet dove in the western room. The center room is raised
by a staircase with a side of 12.50 meters and on three sides there are
pantries where the specialties are set for entombment. This room was fixed with
a bronze or wooden entryway, as prove by the rest of the remaining parts at the
upper and lower closures of the door
The Jordanian government has propelled
tremendous promulgation battles for Petra
in Jordanian daily papers, Jordan Radio and Jordan Television to inspire the
subjects of the Kingdom to vote. Organizations started propelling efforts to
help the vote
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