Monday, October 15, 2007

Images of Petra

The magnificent city of Petra!

Petra contains some 800 carved tombs of the Nabatean civilisation.







The Kazneh (below) is the most famous tomb, featured in 1989's Spielberg blockbuster "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"





The monastery, the largest tomb facade in Petra



All images courtesy of the brilliant photographer flickr member templar1307!

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