Erosion hides the lesser known fact that, before digging out the Treasury, the Nabateans chiseled the mountainside flat. The Treasury could have been centered on that huge vertical surface, but they placed it exactly so travelers would see it when arriving through the gorge. And awe. [1280×853] [OC]
by WestonWestmoreland
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Petra has been #1 on my bucket list for 30ish years ever since I saw Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. There’s an entire city carved into the rock. It would probably still be a functioning city if the trade routes hadn’t shifted.
There are chambers underneath the treasury, too. I think one was explored about 30 years ago, and another was opened in 2024. The first two episodes of season 15 of Expedition Unknown have a lot of footage of the treasury and of the chamber opened in 2024.