The Treasury I dead sea A street in old Amman

A street in old Amman climbs toward Jabal Al Jofeh beneath a pale daytime moon

Greek: Πέτρα

A typical scene on Madaba's busy inner streets

In the Byzantine era

As the sun dips below the horizon

The Treasury I dead sea A street in old AmmanPetra (Arabic: , romanized: Al Batra; Greek: , "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqm (Nabataean: or , *Raqm), is a historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduit system, Petra is also called the "Rose City" because of the colour of the sandstone from which it is carved; it was famously called "a rose red city half as old as time" in a poem of 1845 by John Burgon. It