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The Treasury (Al-Khazneh) - Petra
The Treasury (Al-Khazneh)
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The Treasury: The Treasury
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    • diageva
  • Updated By diageva on July 19, 2004
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    • Treasury - Petra
    Treasury
    by diageva
    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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    • Djinn76
  • Updated By Djinn76 on January 5, 2005
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    by Djinn76
    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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    • Cristian_Uluru
  • By Cristian_Uluru on April 3, 2005
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    Al-Khazneh
    by Cristian_Uluru
    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: Jordan's most famous monument
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    • TheWanderingCamel
  • By TheWanderingCamel on August 3, 2005
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    • The Treasury - Petra
    by TheWanderingCamel
    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.

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    The Treasury: The Kahzneh - new excavations
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    • Djinn76
  • By Djinn76 on January 2, 2005
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    • The Treasury - Petra
    by Djinn76
    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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    • TheWanderingCamel
  • Updated By TheWanderingCamel on July 15, 2005
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    Reconstruction of the Khazneh
    by TheWanderingCamel
    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

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    The Treasury: The Kahzneh
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    • Djinn76
  • By Djinn76 on January 2, 2005
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    by Djinn76
    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: Al-Khazneh - The Treasury
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    • Cristian_Uluru
  • By Cristian_Uluru on April 3, 2005
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    Al-Khazneh - The Treasury
    by Cristian_Uluru
    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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  • Directions: In front of you at the end of the Siq.
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    The Treasury: Indiana Jones was here!
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    • TheWanderingCamel
  • Updated By TheWanderingCamel on February 2, 2009
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    by TheWanderingCamel
    People who have seen the film of Indiana Jones will be disappointed to discover that the interior behind the spectacular facade of Treasury is small and not really very interesting. The photo on the left shows the narrow entrance to the Siq immediately opposite. The archaeologists are excavating the area in front of the Khazneh called "The Plaza". They have already found the remains of a couple of fountains, or possibly just basins of water.

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    The Treasury: End of the Gorge
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    • nepalgoods
  • Updated By nepalgoods on March 19, 2006
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    • The End of the Gorge - Petra
    The End of the Gorge
    by nepalgoods
    When the gorge gets really narrow and the walls seem to close over your head, than the end is reached. It is like walking through a door and your eyes suddenly focus on the Treasury. After the darkness in the gorge, the view of the treasury in full sunlight is very impressive.

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