The siq, entry to Petra
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Trip to Jordan 2003
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We travel back to Aqaba and explore the city. We decide to go next day to Petra, by public transport.
Petra is an ancient city, a lost civilisation of the Nabateers. Though it was known from classical literature it was re-discovered in 1812. A century later the excavations started.
Many books are written about this civilisation.
Petra is located in the mountains and only can be reached through a siq, a canyon a few meters wide and a up to few hundred meters high.