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title: The Treasury, Petra
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8249/the-treasury-petra/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2024-05-09
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# The Treasury, Petra

_Authored by [Carole Raddato](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/FollowingHadrian/)_

## Image File

[![The Treasury, Petra](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8249.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8249.jpg)

## Image Caption

The so-called Treasury (Khazneh) in Petra, [Jordan](https://www.worldhistory.org/Jordan/). The Treasury's rock-cut, two-storied façade is 24.9 m wide and almost 40 m high and strongly embodies the [Hellenistic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hellenic_World/) style and reflects the influence of [Alexandria](https://www.worldhistory.org/alexandria/). Both stories are embellished in the Corinthian order and are elaborately decorated with friezes, sculptured figures, vegetation and motifs related to the afterlife and [death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/). The so-called Treasury was a [tomb](https://www.worldhistory.org/tomb/), surely the last resting place of a king. The tomb was probably constructed in the 1st century BCE for King Aretas IV (r. 9 BCE to 40 CE).

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## About the Author

Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Raddato, C. (2018, March 05). The Treasury, Petra. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8249/the-treasury-petra/>
### Chicago
Raddato, Carole. "The Treasury, Petra." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 05, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8249/the-treasury-petra/>.
### MLA
Raddato, Carole. "The Treasury, Petra." *World History Encyclopedia*, 05 Mar 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8249/the-treasury-petra/>.

## License & Copyright

Submitted by [Carole Raddato](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/FollowingHadrian/ "User Page: Carole Raddato"), published on 05 March 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.