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Wadi Musa (Moses Valley) that has sprung up around the Petra site
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Looking into the start of the hidden entrance to Petra, centre of picture, then to the far left and then up to the top of the image
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Just before the entrance to the rift (Siq) that leads to Petra - Djin Blocks (tombs)
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Just before the entrance to the rift (Siq) that leads to Petra
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Just before the entrance to the rift (Siq) that leads to Petra - the Tomb of the Obelisks & the Tomb of the Triclinium
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Just before the entrance to the rift (Siq) that leads to Petra - the Tomb of the Obelisks & the Tomb of the Triclinium
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The start of the Siq, all 1.5 kilometres of it
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A couple of ancient Nabataeans
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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A camel and a person carved into the rock wall
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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The Siq and its striking rock walls and colours
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A water catchment built into the rock wall
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The first glimpses of that famous building
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The first glimpses of that famous building
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The first glimpses of that famous building
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The first glimpses of that famous building
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Looking back
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Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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Inside Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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Inside Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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Inside Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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Looking back from the front of the Treasury
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Inside Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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Inside Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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Inside Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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Inside Al Khasneh - the Treasury of Petra
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The gorge of the Siq continues after the Treasury gradually getting wider
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Tomb of the 17 Tombs
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Tomb of the 17 Tombs
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Tomb of the 17 Tombs
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Tomb of the 17 Tombs
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The Street of Facades (tombs)
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The Street of Facades (tombs)
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Looking towards the theatre
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The Tomb of Uneishu
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The Tomb of Uneishu
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The Tomb of Uneishu
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The colours of the rock walls
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The colours of the rock walls
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The colours of the rock walls
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The colours of the rock walls
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The colours of the rock walls
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The Tomb of Uneishu
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The Tomb of Uneishu
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The Tomb of Uneishu
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The Tomb of Uneishu
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The 5, 000 seat theatre built 1stC AD
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The 5, 000 seat theatre built 1stC AD
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The 5, 000 seat theatre built 1stC AD
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The 5, 000 seat theatre built 1stC AD
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A dwelling cut into the rock wall
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A dwelling cut into the rock wall
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The theatre as viewed from the dwelling
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The Urn Tomb
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The Urn Tomb, later converted into a Byzantine cathedral in 447AD
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The Urn Tomb, later converted into a Byzantine cathedral in 447AD
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Inside the Urn Tomb
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The Silk Tomb
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The Corinthian Tomb
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The Corinthian Tomb
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The Royal Tombs
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The Royal Tombs
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A street facade of tombs
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Looking back to the Urn Tomb
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The Colonnaded Street
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The Monumented Gate
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Qasr Al-Bint - a temple
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Qasr Al-Bint - a temple
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The South Temple
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The South Temple
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The South Temple
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The South Temple
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The South Temple
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Wadi Musa (Moses Valley) that has sprung up around the Petra site
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Ain Musa, the Spring of Moses - Moses led the Israelites through Wadi Musa on the way to the Promised Land and supposedly struck this rock for water
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And here is the proof, the Spring of Moses????????
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