Tomorrow we will be getting up at 5:30am our time, get ready, eat breakfast (I heard that the breakfast is really good) get on the bus by 7:30am and travel 3 hours to the Treasury at Petra. I think this is when we ride the camels and I will be meeting Hila too. I'm super excited to meet her. I hope she can ride the camels with me, that will be a lot of fun. Here is some information about Petra.
Petra (Greek Πέτρα Petra, meaning "stone"; Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ) is a historical and archaeological city in the southern Jordanian governorate ofMa'an, that is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system. Another name for Petra is the Rose City due to the color of the stone out of which it is carved.
Established possibly as early as 312 BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans,[1] it is a symbol of Jordan, as well as its most-visited tourist attraction.[2] It lies on the slope of Mount Hor[3] in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.
The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. It was described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a Newdigate Prize-winning poem by John William Burgon. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage".[4] See: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. Petra was chosen by the Smithsonian Magazine as one of the "28 Places to See Before You Die."[5]
Trivia question:
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How did the people that live there in 312 BC, collect the water that they used for drinking and cleaning?
I will be looking for your answers, it is time for me to go to bed. Good night!
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I think they would make cups out of rocks and get the water. And get the water out of the ground. Olivia Stewart
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