The High Roads Back: More Photos From Petra

Ugh -- WordPress loaded the photos backwards again.  No idea why it does it, and there appears to be no easy fix -- if you know of a way to either stop that from happening, or easily undo it, I'm all ears.

 

This guy didn't have much to say, but

when he said it, he was emphatic.

A donk and a Treasury.  Shows

how many fewer people were 

there mid-afternoon.

Cute stray.  There are many strays all

over Egypt and Jordan, including Petra.

They all appear to be healthy and well-fed.

Tombs below the High Place of Sacrifice.

"High Place of Sacrifice" would be

a great name for a heavy metal band.

Transportation by camel is an option.

The tomb niches in the Urn Tomb.

View from the Urn Tomb.  Note how small

the people look.  That's because the Tomb

is a fair climb up that cliff.

Side chambers for the Urn Tomb.

The Urn Tomb; the second best

facade in Petra, after the Treasury.

Look at the beautiful red layers 

of rock above the tomb doorway.

On the left, the Silk Tomb, and

on the right, the Urn Tomb.

Crossing the shaky bridge over the gorge.

The church, believed to have been

built in the late 5th Century.

Destroyed by an earthquake

only one hundred years later.

Some capitals from columns at the church.

A man, a donkey, and a dog.

Part of the Great Temple, constructed

by the Nabataeans.

Qasr al-Bint, the only free-standing

building in Petra with walls still standing.

It was the main temple of Petra, and

the walls stand 75 feet tall.

Built in the first half of

the First Century AD.

Me, an ass, and the Treasury.

Don't ask me which is which.

More tombs.

The theatre is carved into the side of the

mountain at the base of the High Place

of Sacrifice.  It could seat 4,000

spectators.  It claims to be the only

theatre in the world carved

directly into the rock, but I

have to believe there are others.

My young Jordanian friend was quite chatty,

but he didn't ask for money or anything.

He just want to use his English, which

is better than my Jordanian language skills.

The Corinthian Tomb.  No rich

Corinthian leather to be found.

The Urn Tomb.  Mostly to show off

that I made it up to this point.

The side facade of the Urn Tomb.