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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Petra in Jordan:

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Petra basically refers to an archaeological site in Arabah, Jordan, and is renowned for its rock-cut architecture. A theater found in the edge of petraimage1the Arabian Desert and was once the capital of the Nabataean empire of King Aretas IV. In accordance to the Dead Sea scrolls that linked with the Mount Seir, find mention of Pertra as the ancient city named Rekem. In addition to this, Eusebius as well as Jerome emphasize that Rekem was the colloquial name given to Petra.

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