![]() Created by the Nabataeans, a people whose origins still remain mysterious, Petra boasts monuments to rival those of classical Greece and Rome. Petra, the “rose-red city” carved out of rock in the mountains of southern Jordan, is one of the most extraordinary survivors of the ancient world. This Oxbow reprint makes it available once more at an affordable price.Īrchaeological reports and synthetic studies on the history, buildings and architecture, along with a report on Jordan-British excavations at the citadel. It is an impressive study with a significant and satisfying conclusion. ![]() Here lies her solution, for the earliest of the Petra-style baroque architecture is in Alexandria, from where it spread east to Petra and west to Pompeii and thus elsewhere in the Roman World. ![]() Then, in seeking the origins of Petra’s particular architecture and its close relations with the architectural scenes on the walls of Pompeii, Judith McKenzie examines the rock cut tombs of Medain Saleh (Saudi Arabia) and then the little known architectural remains of Ptolemaic Alexandria. It provides a detailed and lavishly illustrated catalog of the main monuments of Petra. This is an enormous and impressive book not only full of facts, but also solving mysteries. Sites to see include Amman, Petra, Jerash and the Decapolis, where archaeologist discoveries are numerous and fascinating Recommended Books on Biblical and Historical Jordan Thus the city became officially Semitic again. When Arab Muslims conquered the region of present-day Jordan in 634, they called the city by the name local peoples used: Amman, the modern Arabic version of ancient Ammon. Despite the name change, the city’s inhabitants remained largely Semitic and probably were never extensively Hellenized. In the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (283–246 B.C.), Rabbath Ammon was renamed Philadelphia. Philadelphia of the Decapolisįrom Archaeology Odyssey March/April 2002 The Moabites, a people living east of the Dead Sea, were neighbors of the ancient Israelites. No Moabite temple had ever been recovered by archaeology-until the ruins of a well-furnished sanctuary at a site called Khirbat al-Mudayna were uncovered in 1999, placing this temple among the more exciting archaeologist discoveries in Jordan. Michèle Daviau and Paul-Eugène Dionįrom Biblical Archaeology Review January/February 2002 Located about 7 miles north of the Dead Sea, it is easily reachable from both Jordan and Israel. With its new visitor center, the site is fast becoming a major destination among Jordan sites to see for Christian pilgrims from around the world. It may or may not be the spot in the Jordan River where John the Baptist baptized Jesus, but Byzantine Christians seemed to think it was, putting it on the list of important Biblical places to see in Jordan. Where John Baptized: Bethany beyond the Jordanįrom Biblical Archaeology Review January/February 2005 After passing the final bend of the tortuous narrow canyon that leads into the site (the Siq), one is confronted by the awe-inspiring spectacle of a towering rock-cut façade, its sun-struck sandstone gleaming through the darkness of the canyon. Solving the Enigma of Petra and the Nabataeansįor every tourist who visits the ancient city of Petra in modern day Jordan, there is one breathtaking moment that captures all of the grandeur and mystery of this city carved in stone. Petra is perpetually at the top of every traveler’s list of Jordan sites to see. Petra, one of the most famous places to see in Jordan, where archaeologist discoveries abound.
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