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Petra, the Khazneh
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  • Updated By diageva on July 19, 2004
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  • Treasury - Petra
    Treasury
    by diageva
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    This is what we are all looking for when we go to Petra, beautiful indeed. Thanks to it we see the rest of Petra that is worth also the travel. Protected of the wind for its location, the erosion have not work so much over its fachade. Columns, figures, conical roof, all worked with great maestri. You can easily see the steps at the wall going up to the top that were used to reach the top and do the work, from the top to down. The best moment when you get to te end of the Siq and you get the first view of the Treasury.

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    The Treasury: The Kahzneh
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  • Updated By Djinn76 on January 5, 2005
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  • The Treasury - Petra
    by Djinn76
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    About 40 meter high, completely carved in the rock, this is however the most impressing building of Petra. Kazneh means treasure; it was not a temple but simply a tomb. The Bedouins have long thought that the urn at the top was containing the treasure of the dead that has rested there for some time. That’s why you can see lots of bullet impacts on this part of the building: they simply tried to break this recipient open. Bad luck this is just plain stone! I’m glad they had no bazooka at that time… We can’t say for sure when this tomb has been built: at some point between 1st century BC and 2nd AC. The decoration is inspired from Greek, Egyptian and Assyrian architecture. The stunning part is that most probably the sculptors had never seen these foreign countries. They took their ideas from the tales told by the numerous merchants passing by. At least, that's what I've been told by a local guide. I've read somewhere else that the architects had indeed studied in Alexandria....

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    The Treasury: Al-Khazneh
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  • By Cristian_Uluru on April 3, 2005
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  • Al-Khazneh - Petra
    Al-Khazneh
    by Cristian_Uluru
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    Al-Khaznehis the best-known of the monuments at Petra and you can see it after the long wolk in the Siq. The facade, carved out from the sandstone cliff wall, is 43m high and 30m wide, and is remarkably well-preserved. As all the monuments of Petra. it has got an impressive facade, a large square room has been carved out of the rock of the cliff. The corners and walls have been squared off meticulously, but no attempt has been made to extend the excavations further or to reproduce the kind of ornate carving of the exterior. This is typical of the tombs in Petra; the interiors are as plain as the exteriors are intricate.

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  • Directions: In front of you at the end of the Siq.

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    The Treasury: The Kahzneh - new excavations
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  • By Djinn76 on January 2, 2005
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    by Djinn76
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    Very recently (summer 2004) new rooms have been discovered at the foot of the building. You can see them at the bottom-left part of this picture. These rooms being below the ground level, they have been covered with a gate. By the way, this picture has been taken from a place close to the top of the sik. This is just a small walk through an almost inexistent path from Djebel Al-Khubta (see following tip). I have been crazy enough to follow this path on my own but it could be wiser to hire a guide amongst the Bedouins.

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    The Treasury: The Khazneh - and how it used to be!
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  • Updated By TheWanderingCamel on July 15, 2005
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  • Reconstruction of the Khazneh - Petra
    Reconstruction of the Khazneh
    by TheWanderingCamel
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    The Treasury, called the Khazneh, is probably the best known monument in the Middle East, and most certainly the most famous in Jordan! The archaeologists are excavating the area in front of it, called "The Plaza". They have already found the remains of a couple of fountains, or possibly just basins of water. They think that in the high days of the Nabateans it looked like this Posted by Lulu

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    The Treasury: The Kahzneh
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  • By Djinn76 on January 2, 2005
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    by Djinn76
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    At the end of the walk, finally comes this magical moment where you discover the Treasure, this finely sculpted façade still half hidden by the rough stones of the siq. This is a classical view of Petra. If you have never been to Jordan and the picture still rings a bell, stop thinking where you could have seen it. A possible answer could be Indiana Jones!! In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, that’s where the Holy Graal had been hidden. However if you remember the movie, there were several caves inside and still many traps before accessing the Graal. Sorry to disappoint you but in reality this is much simpler: there is just a couple of relatively uninteresting cubic rooms inside…

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    The Treasury: Jordan's most famous monument
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  • By TheWanderingCamel on August 3, 2005
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    The Khazneh, called the Treasury, is probably one of the best known monuments in the Middle East, and most certainly the most famous in Jordan! It is in a most remarkable state of preservation, being cut deep into the rock face and tucked away in a valley where wind and rain, not to mention flying sand, has little chance of penetrating. Try to arrange to see it in the morning, between about 9 and 11am, when the sun is shining on it. Posted by Lulu

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    The Treasury: Al-Khazneh (The Treasury)
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  • By MalenaN on April 28, 2005
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    The Treasury in Petra
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    After going through the narrow siq for 1,2 km it ends and you will have the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) just in front of you. It is an impressive sight when you first get a glimps of it between the narrow walls of the siq. The Treasury is carved in to the rook and the facade is 43 m high and 30 m wide. It is a tomb of the Nabataean king Aretas III. The tomb got its name from a story that said that a treasury was hidden in the large stone urne on the second floor (it is made of massive stone though).

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    The Treasury: Al-Deir (The Monastery)
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  • By MalenaN on April 28, 2005
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  • The Monastery - Petra
    The Monastery
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    The Monastery (Al-Deir) is the largest monument in Petra. It is 50 metres wide and 45 metres high and looks really impressive (can you see the small donkey in front of Al-Deir in the picture?). Al-Deir is far away from the other monuments but it is worth to climb to see it. It takes about 45 minutes by foot, but you can always pay for a donkey to take you up. The path starts close to the restaurant.

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    The Treasury: Al-Khazneh - The Treasury
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  • By Cristian_Uluru on April 3, 2005
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    Al-Khazneh - The Treasury
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    The name Al-Khazneh, which in Arabic means 'treasury',comes from the legend that it was used as a hiding place for treasure. Archeologists think that Al-Khazneh seems to have been something between a temple and a tomb, possibly both at once.

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