The Mystery Behind The Lost City of Petra Solved

Who built the ancient city of Petra it? What was it used for? And how is it that an entire city became “lost”? Some of the answers remain elusive even to the most avid historians.
Petra is an ancient city carved into red desert cliffs. The city is located in Jordan, 150 miles from Amman (Jordan’s capital). It has been deserted for hundreds of years, but thousands of years ago, the city was thriving. Petra was a powerful trading center with a top-notch location for silk and spice trade routes. It was also the capital of the Nabataean Empire.
The Nabateans were experts in water technology. They constructed tunnels, dams, cisterns, and water chambers, and Petra was a type of oasis to weary travelers in search of water. This brilliant water engineering allowed the Petrans to stay in the city even in periods of drought and to survive flash floods.
TIMESTAMPS:
Where Petra is located 1:02
Who the Nabateans were 1:55
Why Petra lost its strategic trading position 3:09
Who lived in caves inside the “lost city” 3:54
When Petra was “discovered” 4:33
Petra’s most impressive structures 5:03
Petra’s mysteries 5:47
What’s happening in Petra now 7:29
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SUMMARY:
- Petra is an ancient city carved into red desert cliffs. The city is located in Jordan, 150 miles from Amman (Jordan’s capital), about the same distance from Jerusalem, and close to the Red Sea and the Dead Sea.
- It is unsure when the city was built, but it is known to have been a prosperous city by the first century BCE. The Nabateans were experts in water technology.
- The facade of the buildings was carved directly into the canyons, and the buildings are marveled at for many reasons.
- Other cultures became envious of Petra’s prosperity, and the city had to fight off the Greeks. Petra succeeded over Greece, but when the Roman Empire sought to invade Petra, they faced defeat.
- Petra was “discovered” on August 22, 1812, by 27-year-old Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. He’d heard the locals talking about Petra while he was in Cairo.
- Among Petra’s most impressive structures is an amphitheater. It originally held around 3,000 people and was used for political purposes.
- In 1985, Petra was declared a Unesco World Heritage Site. The government made a deal with the Bdoul Bedouin Tribe to relocate them a few miles away from the site and allow them exclusive rights to tourism business.
- Discoveries are still being made about Petra. In 2016, satellites revealed a ceremonial site the length of an Olympic pool and twice as wide. A set of scrolls that dates back to the Byzantine period has also been found in recent years, but researchers are still trying to analyze its contents.
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