- Petra is located in the Kingdom of Jordan, 170 miles south of the capital Amman in the Wadi Araba desert between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba in the Arabah Valley on the slope of Mountain Hor.
- The word “Petra” is Greek for “rock”, this refers to the sandstone from which the city was created.
- In 1989 Petra was featured in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusader.
- At the entrance to Petra lies the town of Wadi Masa.
- The City of Petra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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