Al-Khazneh Treasury

51 kilometers from the desert highway between Amman and Aqaba rises a spectacular rose-stone city built by the Nabataeans in the third century BC. The Nabataeans were nomads from Western Arabia, traders and amazing craftsmen. The proficiency is shown clearly in the city of Petra which is almost entirely carved from the sandstone cliffs that surrounds the once concealed city.

The Nabataeans managed to avoid being taken by the Romans and the empire stretched well into Syria. In the year 106 AD Romans finally defeated the city and took control. Since then Petra had all but disappeared.