7D6N Jordan: Petra-The Treasury (Day 1)

Date: 29/11/09
The Treasury, also called Al-Khazneh
30m wide and 43m high
One of the best known monuments in the
Middle East and the most famous in Jordan
The top part of the Treasury
An Amazon depicted on the Treasury facade.
A Ptolemaic eagle over the Treasury entrance
The amazing carvings and sharp lines
that have survived for all these years

One of the chambers in the Treasury

View from the main doorway of The Treasury,
looking back at the end of the siq.

1. At the gate of Petra
2. The Siq