Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. As visitors ... as the capital of the Nabataean people for hundreds of years before the ...
20,000 people lived there. The Romans conquered the area in 106 AD, and the area declined soon after. The trade route changed as water routes were used more than overland routes. Petra was lost ...
For hundreds of years, the 2,300-year-old city of Petra, Jordan was largely abandoned and ... “Petra is a draw for people because it is such an important historical site [especially as] a ...