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High Place of Sacrifice (Al-Madbah) - Petra
High Place of Sacrifice (Al-Madbah)
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High Places: The High Place of Sacrifice
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    • TheWanderingCamel
  • By TheWanderingCamel on August 5, 2005
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    • High Places - Petra
    by TheWanderingCamel
    If you want to detour away from the direct road down through the site (stairs are always alluring!) you will find that this particular climb is fairly straightforward, and you can marvel at the engineering abilities of the Nabateans who cut out the solid rock in several places to give easier access

    . It is unlikely that actual animal sacrifices were performed here - one can see the practical difficulty involved in bringing an animal to it! It has been suggested that human sacrifice was involved, but no evidence has ever been found of this practice in Petra.

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    High Places: Lost on the way to the High Place
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    • Djinn76
  • By Djinn76 on January 2, 2005
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    • High Places - Petra
    by Djinn76
    Then that’s where it becomes messy! I’m still not too sure what you are supposed to do once you have climbed these stairs. Don’t trust the small little piles of stone you can see on the way! At the beginning I thought it was the local way to show which path to follow (a bit like the white and red painting tags along the GR paths in France), that could have been it but I suspect some tourist are also piling stones just for fun! In short they don’t lead anywhere.
    At some point I did regret not to have taken a guide. I can now understand why Petra remained undiscovered for so long!! After some time wandering around the mountains, I finally discovered the high place; it was on the mounts in front of me!!

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    High Places: On the way to the High Place
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    • Djinn76
  • By Djinn76 on January 2, 2005
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    • High Places - Petra
    by Djinn76
    Another classical excursion is the walk until the High Place. Once you have seen the Monastery, this would be the second walk to do.
    Not so easy to find, when you come from the Kazneh, the path start on your left, 200 meters before the theatre.
    The first part is quite easy : a very long stair you could even start to climb at noon! Indeed at this time of the day most part of the stairs is in the shadows…

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    High Places: High Place of Sacrifice
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    • JohnniOmani
  • By JohnniOmani on May 16, 2006
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    • View from the High Place - Petra
    View from the High Place
    by JohnniOmani
    The High Place of Sacrifice is a true highlight of Petra because it offers some fascinating history along with argueably the best views of the entire site. The place is reached by stairs (45 minutes) from off the street of facades. It not overly challenging but half the fun of getting up there is the trek. The view offers a great shot of the colonnaded street and the royal tombs.

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    High Places: Royal Tombs
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    • kentishgirl
  • Updated By kentishgirl on January 15, 2007
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    • Royal Tombs - Petra
    Royal Tombs
    by kentishgirl

    The Tombs at Petra are one of the highlights for sure! The colours of the the sandstone is amazing here, and as well as being incredibly interesting they offer a home away from the heat for a while!

    The climb up is nice, its not high but it might feel it in the heat!
    If you diddnt feel up to the short walk - get a donkey....or a camel.....or a ferrari!

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    High Places: You're a long way up!
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    • TheWanderingCamel
  • Updated By TheWanderingCamel on August 5, 2005
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    • High Places - Petra
    by TheWanderingCamel
    It takes about 30/40 minutes to come to the top here, and you have a wonderful view over the Petra Basin and the mountains beyond.

    You are about 200 meters above the road.

    Posted by Lulu

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    High Places: Walking High Up To the Monastrey
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    • kentishgirl
  • Updated By kentishgirl on January 17, 2007
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    • Some of the Goats we saw climbing up at Petra - Petra
    Some of the Goats we saw
    climbing up at Petra
    by kentishgirl

    The walk up is stunning.
    In the heat make sure that you cover up, wear sun screen and take plenty of water with you!

    The walk up is only about 45 Minutes or so, so its not far, but it is up up up! I managed fine, stopping regularly for photo stops and water. The boys at the bottom will offer you donkeys to get you up there - which if your not a walker is another option.

    On the way up you will encounter ladies and their kids selling trinkets and souvenirs, local farmers with their herds of goats and donkeys on their way up or on their back down again.

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    High Places: hire a bedouin guide when you get there
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    • anilegna
  • By anilegna on December 29, 2006
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    • monastery - view from the teashop - Petra
    monastery - view from the
    teashop
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    I allocated 2 days to see Petra and got to see most of the main sights and plus the Monastery, high place of sacrifice, Aaron's Tomb & Umm Al-Biyara, only possible because of a Bedouin guide

  • Address: hire a bedouin guide when you get into the site
  • Phone: (962)796 287 982
  • Directions: bedouins will be looking for u once u are inside Petra, the guide I hired was Awdeh (pronounced "Audi"), when calling inside Jordan, drop the 962 & add a 0 in front of the # (ie just dial 0796 287 982)
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    High Places: The High Place - Amazing Viewpoint
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    • Djinn76
  • By Djinn76 on January 2, 2005
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    • High Places - Petra
    by Djinn76
    A bit further you have an impressive view on the classical site of Petra. You can admire from the top the site going from the Qasr El Bint to the royal tombs

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    High Places: The Window and other places
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    • Gili_S
  • By Gili_S on August 8, 2009
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    • High Places - Petra
    by Gili_S, 1 more photos
    You can spend all you day hanging around in this desert site, further up I notice this windows that been curved into the rock by years of water and winds. As well as other interesting site in the high places.

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