Petra is considered one of the new seven wonders of the world and after spending the last few
hours here I think we can definitely see why
Petra was built by an ancient tribe called the Nabataeans they originally came from West
Arabia and this happened around 600 BC they basically flourished on trade this location
is in the midst of a popular trading route at the time between Asia and the rest of the
world that made the Nabataeans flourish they were the ones who built most of the things
that you see here in Petra
so this area is called the "siq" in English that would be SIQ it's a bit of a kind of
a corridor that once we go through it we'll be looking at the treasury what's nice about
this siq is that it's like breezy so it gives you a little bit of a break from the Heat
the siq which is a 1.2 kilometer long canyon or corridor helps to build up the anticipation
of all the interesting things to come once you get through it
at the end of this Alleyway we should all of a sudden see the grand presentation of
the treasury.
The structure behind us which is one of the primary things to see in Petra is called the
treasury it's called the treasury because as legend has it a pharaoh actually hit all
of his treasures here and for a long time a lot of the locals actually believed it however
I think the real purpose of this building it was originally made by the Nabataean tribe
and it was meant to be a tomb for their King I've heard if you look closely you see those
little holes on each side like those holes it's believed that that was the remnant of
this scaffolding that was used
this is one of the quintessential things to see in Jordan this is the kind of thing that
you would see in tourist books and promotional videos about Jordan This is it the treasury
building
we're currently climbing to see a high viewpoint fun and now our guide is with us here Muhammad
his grandmother is Egyptian
how was The Climb it's a challenging climb but really fun
after a very challenging climb we finally made it up it was definitely not for the faint-hearted
The View was totally worth it we're here high up and looking down we see the treasury building
if you want to come up here at least the way that we did you have to have a guide and I
was a little skeptical at first I was thinking how hard can it really be and now I see why
don't come up here without a guide
oh that's not something you see every day we've got a great view of the treasury from
up here you just have to be not very scared of heights
people are like ants down there
it's kind of making me nervous
we're hanging out in a tent overlooking the treasury building this is a quite a fun experience
you can hang out here next to campfire and drink tea water It's like a camping experience
but in Petra and at the top of cliffs
Mohamed Sparrow
instead of Jack
I love it
if you love it you can have it
Ahmed Mohamed Sparrow
We continue to climb and hike
super windy we're getting sandblasted
so these coins were just found on the ground Some of them were finded under the ground
like two meters
you want something we'll make good price for you
This is Jordan money.
This is Euro.
Did you find it underground too?
20 meter down.
Ferrari!
Lamborghini!
what a magnificent atmosphere you're surrounded by history and uniqueness weird formations
of rocks sand there's nothing like this in the world and the wind you're gonna be blown
away
oh my goodness I just got a mouthful of that sand
something unique about the amphitheater here at Petra is that it's actually carved into
the stone normally most amphitheaters are freestanding
so in this area behind us you can see a lot of what looks like holes basically kind of
like doors these were supposedly tombs that were built by the Nabataeans although they're
not as interesting to see as the treasury building but they're very interesting to look
at
I believe these were suppose to be tombs.
Looks like it.
one of the things that we noticed about Petra is that there are lots of different structures
that you can see it would really take a lot of time to actually go and explore every single
thing and now I see why some visitors would need more than one day to see Petra and there's
all kinds of secret little doors and holes that you you wouldn't you could easily Miss
if you just easily walk by it and they just keep going on and on and on
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