https://picturingjordan.com/tags/petra/ Recent content in Petra on Picturing Jordan Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license</a>. Sat, 24 Dec 2016 20:13:21 +0200 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/12/grandeur-petra/ Sat, 24 Dec 2016 20:13:21 +0200 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/12/grandeur-petra/ <figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/12/DSC_0029.JPG" alt="Petra&#39;s &#34;monastery&#34; basking in the golden light just before sunset"/> <figcaption> <h4>Petra&#39;s &#34;monastery&#34; basking in the golden light just before sunset</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabataeans">Nabataeans</a> were a tribe who became filthy rich on the trade of frankincense, myrrh, and spices in the Arabian peninsula around 2,000 years ago. They built Petra as the capital of their flourishing civilization. Hauntingly beautiful stone facades standing one hundred meters tall are amazingly intact and well preserved to this day.</p>