Petra

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ancient city archaeological site tourist attraction

Petra is an ancient rock-cut city in southern Jordan renowned for its monumental sandstone architecture and role as the former capital of the Nabataean Kingdom.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hegra (Madain Salih)	1
Petra Archaeological Park	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
accessRoute	The Siq ⓘ
annexationYear	106 ⓘ
annexedTo	Roman province of Arabia Petraea ⓘ surface form: Roman Arabia Petraea
capitalOf	Nabataean kingdom ⓘ surface form: Nabataean Kingdom
climate	arid ⓘ
conqueredBy	Roman Empire ⓘ
country	Jordan ⓘ
declineCause	earthquakes ⓘ shift of trade routes ⓘ
elevation	approximately 810 m ⓘ
flourishedInCentury	1st century BCE ⓘ 1st century CE ⓘ
foundedBy	Nabataean kingdom ⓘ surface form: Nabataeans
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
includedIn	New7Wonders of the World ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Greek ⓘ Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ
knownFor	High Place of Sacrifice ⓘ Royal Tombs ⓘ Street of Facades ⓘ The Monastery ⓘ The Siq ⓘ The Treasury ⓘ archaeological remains ⓘ elaborate facades ⓘ monumental tombs ⓘ rock-cut architecture ⓘ water management system ⓘ
locatedIn	Arabian Desert ⓘ Asia ⓘ Ma’an Governorate ⓘ surface form: Ma'an Governorate Middle East ⓘ Jordan ⓘ surface form: southern Jordan
material	sandstone ⓘ
modernDiscoveryBy	Johann Ludwig Burckhardt ⓘ
modernRediscoveryYear	1812 ⓘ
nearbyTown	Wadi Musa ⓘ
New7WondersDesignationYear	2007 ⓘ
partOf	Nabataean kingdom ⓘ surface form: Nabataean Kingdom
religionHistorically	Christianity ⓘ Nabataean polytheism ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(i) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID	326 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Arab world ⓘ surface form: Arab States
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1985 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Jordan → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWithin → Petra ⓘ

Aretas IV of Nabatea → associatedSite → Petra ⓘ

Aretas IV of Nabatea → capital → Petra ⓘ

Nabataean kingdom → capital → Petra ⓘ

Jordan → famousSite → Petra ⓘ

Kingdom of Jordan → hasSite → Petra ⓘ

New7Wonders of the World → includesMonument → Petra ⓘ

Nabataean city of Petra → inscribedOnUNESCOListedAs → Petra ⓘ

Aqaba → nearbySite → Petra ⓘ

Nabataean kingdom → notableSite → Petra ⓘ

Nabataean city of Petra → partOf → Petra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Petra Archaeological Park

Nabataean Arabic → region → Petra ⓘ

Aqaba → roadConnection → Petra ⓘ

Nabataean alphabet → usedInRegion → Petra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hegra (Madain Salih)