Petra
Petra or Petra archaeological and historical city located in the province of Maan in southern Jordan. Bamartha famous for its carved rocks and drag system channels the old water. Dubbed the old name of "goods". Ka-called "pink city" for the proportion of colors twisted rocks.
Petra was established in almost 312 BC as the capital of the Nabataean Kingdom. Has assumed a prominent place for many years, where he was to its location on the Silk Road, and the Mediterranean civilizations of Mesopotamia, Palestine and Egypt, a major role of the state to make the Nabataeans holding the reins of trade between the civilizations of these regions and their inhabitants. The city is located on Mount Mnhaddart Madbah, among a group of towering rock mountains, which form the north-western flank of the Arabian Peninsula, and specifically the Wadi Araba, extending from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba.
Petra site remained undiscovered for the West throughout the Ottoman period, until re-discovered Swiss Orientalist Johann Ludwig Barakaart 1812 have been incorporated city of Petra on the World Heritage List of UNESCO in 1985 and was chosen as one of the seven wonders of the new year 2007.
Of the most important aspects of the geological zones Petra; Altkchwet rock which sees most of the periods and ages and ages peace geologist, the affected area operations tectonics caused by the movement of openness and expansion crack the Dead Sea, where the unfolding basement granite in the valley ant northwest white area of Petra, which dates back to periods of pre-Cambrian age of 650 million years.
Region is characterized by Petra Petkchwet sedimentary rocks and sand, which consists of gestures minerals feldspar and others belonging to the modern Cambrian and Alawrdovica, where were deposited in environments river led to the transfer and deposited at the time, and then for the highest unfold directly rocks of the Cretaceous and the existence of incompatibility Trsepe explains operations; demise of rock eras Marovhcalcelore the break in the Jurassic and sedimentation in those ages. There are also a perfect Kalsdua geological structures and folds, and the ideal geological sections, which look beautiful in bright colors, as well as natural springs and caves, and fossils representing all geological ages. Of the most important geological structures in Petra are; crack Wadi Musa, where the affected region Besda vertical north-south direction;, one of the major faults in the south of Jordan. The work of Petra Region Authority on the boot in order to launch the project geological tourism through cooperation with the Natural Resources Authority of Jordan, and this is the first experiment of its kind in the Kingdom.
Containing Petra large number of hotels with a five star rating and below to accommodate large numbers of visitors to the protected monuments in the city, where numbered nearly 480,000 visitors in 1999, while the number rose to 900,000 in 2010 as containing these protected turn on a large number of markets East. It is worth mentioning that after the city of Petra, Jerash in terms of the number of visitors, followed by each of the following areas, in descending order: Ajloun and Umm Qais Madbawalkirk and Wadi Rum.
It was in April / April 1994 opening of the museum in Petra Nabatean city along with other museum is a museum of ancient Petra, which was founded in 1963. Nabataean museum contains nearly 600 artifacts displayed in the display cabinets; where consists of three main halls: the first room include an explanation about the history and geology of the Nabataeans Petra, in addition to the Artifacts dating back to the Neolithic period. The second hall, they are dedicated to the findings of archaeological excavations, and arranged in chronological order starting from Alasrahadjra until the sixth century AD. This room also includes a brief history of earthquakes and Nabatieh trade and caravan routes and Petra in the Middle Ages. The third hall, a group of Fathtoa Alosrjh pottery by the evolution of its industry, and bronze statues, pottery, colorful dishes and regular and spare coins, ornaments and jewelry, in addition to some pieces of pottery, jars of different sizes.
Held annually in Petra and since 2005, Petra Tourism Cultural Festival, to promote domestic tourism and Arabic. Also held in the same year a conference of Nobel laureates in the world. We have the Petra Region Authority in cooperation with the Tourism Promotion Authority in 2012, reviving the celebrations with many activities and events, on the occasion of 200 years of the discovery of Petra, which aims to define a local citizen and Arab tourists and foreign importance of this event and its leading role in the development of Petra on the tourism map global.
Petra or Petra archaeological and historical city located in the province of Maan in southern Jordan. Bamartha famous for its carved rocks and drag system channels the old water. Dubbed the old name of "goods". Ka-called "pink city" for the proportion of colors twisted rocks.
Petra was established in almost 312 BC as the capital of the Nabataean Kingdom. Has assumed a prominent place for many years, where he was to its location on the Silk Road, and the Mediterranean civilizations of Mesopotamia, Palestine and Egypt, a major role of the state to make the Nabataeans holding the reins of trade between the civilizations of these regions and their inhabitants. The city is located on Mount Mnhaddart Madbah, among a group of towering rock mountains, which form the north-western flank of the Arabian Peninsula, and specifically the Wadi Araba, extending from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba.
Petra site remained undiscovered for the West throughout the Ottoman period, until re-discovered Swiss Orientalist Johann Ludwig Barakaart 1812 have been incorporated city of Petra on the World Heritage List of UNESCO in 1985 and was chosen as one of the seven wonders of the new year 2007.
Of the most important aspects of the geological zones Petra; Altkchwet rock which sees most of the periods and ages and ages peace geologist, the affected area operations tectonics caused by the movement of openness and expansion crack the Dead Sea, where the unfolding basement granite in the valley ant northwest white area of Petra, which dates back to periods of pre-Cambrian age of 650 million years.
Region is characterized by Petra Petkchwet sedimentary rocks and sand, which consists of gestures minerals feldspar and others belonging to the modern Cambrian and Alawrdovica, where were deposited in environments river led to the transfer and deposited at the time, and then for the highest unfold directly rocks of the Cretaceous and the existence of incompatibility Trsepe explains operations; demise of rock eras Marovhcalcelore the break in the Jurassic and sedimentation in those ages. There are also a perfect Kalsdua geological structures and folds, and the ideal geological sections, which look beautiful in bright colors, as well as natural springs and caves, and fossils representing all geological ages. Of the most important geological structures in Petra are; crack Wadi Musa, where the affected region Besda vertical north-south direction;, one of the major faults in the south of Jordan. The work of Petra Region Authority on the boot in order to launch the project geological tourism through cooperation with the Natural Resources Authority of Jordan, and this is the first experiment of its kind in the Kingdom.
Containing Petra large number of hotels with a five star rating and below to accommodate large numbers of visitors to the protected monuments in the city, where numbered nearly 480,000 visitors in 1999, while the number rose to 900,000 in 2010 as containing these protected turn on a large number of markets East. It is worth mentioning that after the city of Petra, Jerash in terms of the number of visitors, followed by each of the following areas, in descending order: Ajloun and Umm Qais Madbawalkirk and Wadi Rum.
It was in April / April 1994 opening of the museum in Petra Nabatean city along with other museum is a museum of ancient Petra, which was founded in 1963. Nabataean museum contains nearly 600 artifacts displayed in the display cabinets; where consists of three main halls: the first room include an explanation about the history and geology of the Nabataeans Petra, in addition to the Artifacts dating back to the Neolithic period. The second hall, they are dedicated to the findings of archaeological excavations, and arranged in chronological order starting from Alasrahadjra until the sixth century AD. This room also includes a brief history of earthquakes and Nabatieh trade and caravan routes and Petra in the Middle Ages. The third hall, a group of Fathtoa Alosrjh pottery by the evolution of its industry, and bronze statues, pottery, colorful dishes and regular and spare coins, ornaments and jewelry, in addition to some pieces of pottery, jars of different sizes.
Held annually in Petra and since 2005, Petra Tourism Cultural Festival, to promote domestic tourism and Arabic. Also held in the same year a conference of Nobel laureates in the world. We have the Petra Region Authority in cooperation with the Tourism Promotion Authority in 2012, reviving the celebrations with many activities and events, on the occasion of 200 years of the discovery of Petra, which aims to define a local citizen and Arab tourists and foreign importance of this event and its leading role in the development of Petra on the tourism map global.
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