Petra the lost city

   Petra, the lost city of dressed stone and carved into the rock at the end of the 2nd century BC, the only place where an atmosphere of another time reign. It is a World Heritage Site and is part of the 7 wonders of the modern world. Visit Petra, this is what awaits me for the second day in Jordan, no less!
   To make the most of a visit to the site of Petra, the ideal is to be on site when it opens. The world flows because it is far from alone in wanting to travel around the ancient city built by the Nabataeans, Emeritus Arab people who settled in Jordan there are over 2000 years.

History of Petra 

  The Nabataeans, a nomadic people living in the spice trade, settled in this area in the very crossroads of caravan routes because water was plentiful and well protected by impassable mountains city.

  Even today, to reach Petra, visitors enter through a long narrow rocky gorge, the Siq.
Once installed, the Nabataeans made ​​Petra their capital, they built a cemetery of 800 graves which you can admire the facades carved into the rock. This unique archaeological site is certainly one of the finest in the Middle East.

  The Nabatean kingdom was thriving from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. Following the history of Petra is made of occupations (Roman, Byzantine) earthquake, which caused that the city no longer as safe as before, it was only a stopover for the nomadic .

  The city was abandoned before being rediscovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt in 1812 Since then, archaeological research consistently disclose to daylight the many secrets of the lost city.

  But Petra is also the place where Moses striking a rock brought forth water for his people on the road to the promised land and where Abraham nearly sacrificed his son Isaac to God.

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