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Petra: Theater and rock-cut tombs
Petra: Theater and rock-cuit tombs (photo: Bell Archive A-432)
Petra is located in southwestern Jordan. The site represents a unique complex of ancient temples and tombs carved into the sides of cliffs, dating from the Nabataean, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods.
This
March 1900 photo by Gertrude Bell shows the cavea of the 1-2nd century
AD Theater at right, flanked by a number of rock-cut tombs along the
"Street of Facades."
The Gertrude Bell Archive is located at Newcastle University.
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