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The Siq is the main entrance to the ancient Nabataean city of Petra in southern Jordan. It is a narrow gorge that winds its way approximately 1.2 kilometres (3/4 mi) and ends at Petra's most elaborate ruin, the Treasury...

Byzantine church pulpit, found broken into pieces at its original location in the "Blue Chapel" on the northern ridge of the Petra city center, Jordan, dating from the 6th century. Petra was a Bishopric See in...

Marble portrait of the Roman Emperor who reigned from 161 to 180 CE. His statues were raised in cities across the Roman Empire; this head was found in the exedra of Qasr al-Bint Temple at Petra. An inscription reveals...

Dating to circa 170 CE, this statue's head (the torso is missing) was carved in a Hellenistic Graeco-Roman style. The Romans conquered Petra in 106 CE. From Petra, modern-day Jordan Hashemite Kingdom. (The Jordan Museum...

Caesarea Maritima was located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Built from the ground up in 22-10 BCE by Rome's client king, Herod the Great (r. 37-4 BCE), its location in relation to ship...

The Temenos Gate in Petra (Jordan) is a monumental triple-arched gate erected at the western end of the colonnaded street. It marked the access to the sacred open precinct of the Qasr Al Bint. The 17-meter-high Temenos Gate...

Frontal view of the Great Temple, a grand monumental complex that lies south of the colonnaded street at Petra (Jordan). The Great Temple is a rectangular complex with a Lower and an Upper Temenos. The Lower Temenos (sacred...

The colonnaded street of Petra (Jordan) marked the centre of the ancient city. A double row of columns lined the 6m-wide carriageway, and covered porticoes gave access to commercial shops on its south side. At the end...

View of the Royal Tombs at Petra (Jordan). From left to right: the Palace Tomb with three distinct stories; the Corinthian Tomb and the Silk Tomb. 1st century CE.

The so-called Renaissance Tomb, located in the Wadi Farasa in Petra (Jordan), has an elegant façade evoking elements of Italian Renaissance architecture, hence its name. The tomb façade consists of a triangular pediment...