Where is the lost city of petra located?
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Where geographically is the lost city of petra located? Where are the coordinates for where the lost city of petra located?
Ma'an Governorate, Jordan southern Jordan around Jabal Al-Madbah in a basin surrounded by mountains which form the eastern flank of the Arabah valley that runs from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba
30°19′43″N 35°26′31″E
Ad Deir Petra
Where is the lost city of petra located?
Petra Ad Deir Mada'in Saleh Nabataeans Lost city Nabataean religion Johann Ludwig Burckhardt Qasr al-Bint Architecture of Jordan Pavlopetri
<b>Petra</b> originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu, is a historical and 
archaeological <b>city</b> in ... As a result, the <b>location</b> of <b>Petra</b> was <b>lost</b> for the Western 
world until the 19th century. The ruins of <b>Petra</b> were an object of curiosity during 
the Middle&nbsp;... Ad Deir (&quot;The Monastery&quot;; Arabic: الدير ), also spelled ad-Dayr and el-Deir, is a 
monumental building carved out of rock in the ancient Jordanian <b>city of Petra</b>. 
Arguably one of the most iconic monuments in the <b>Petra</b> Archaeological Park, the 
Monastery is <b>located</b> high in the hills northwest of the <b>Petra</b> city center. ... <b>Petra</b> 
Rediscovered: The <b>Lost City</b> of the Nabataeans. Mada&#39;in Saleh also called Al-Ḥijr (ٱلْحِجْر) or &quot;Hegra&quot; (Ancient Greek: Ἔγρα), is an 
archaeological ... The archaeological site of Mada&#39;in Salih is <b>situated</b> 20 km (12 
mi) north of the ... of Thamud are the tribe of Banu Thaqif which inhabited the <b>city</b> 
of Taif south of Mecca. ... The most prominent and the largest of these is <b>Petra</b>. The Nabataeans, also Nabateans were an Arab people who inhabited northern 
Arabia and the Southern Levant in antiquity. Their settlements, most prominently 
the assumed capital <b>city</b> of Raqmu (present-day <b>Petra</b>, Jordan), ... Under the Pax 
Romana, the Nabataeans <b>lost</b> their warlike and nomadic habits and became a&nbsp;... A <b>lost city</b> is a settlement that fell into terminal decline and became extensively or 
completely ... <b>Lost City</b> of Z – a city allegedly <b>located</b> in the jungles of the Mato 
Grosso region of Brazil, said to have been seen by the British explorer ... Kish &middot; 
Lagash &middot; Mada&#39;in Saleh (and capitol <b>Petra</b>) – Now a UNESCO World Heritage 
site. The Nabataean religion is the form of Arab polytheism practiced in Nabataea, an 
ancient Arab ... Much knowledge of the Nabataeans&#39; grave goods has been <b>lost</b> 
due to extensive looting ... It is very likely that in the <b>city of Petra</b>, there were 
processional ways from temple to ... A Nabataean site <b>located</b> about 81 km from 
<b>Petra</b>. Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (24 November 1784 – 15 October 1817) was a Swiss 
traveller, geographer and orientalist. He wrote his letters in French and signed 
Louis. He is best known for rediscovering the ruins of the ancient Nabataean <b>city</b> 
<b>of Petra</b> in Jordan. ... Cairo in search of the <b>lost city of Petra</b> and had 
subsequently been murdered. The Qasr al-Bint is a religious temple in the Nabataean <b>city of Petra</b>. It faces the 
Wadi Musa and is <b>located</b> to the northwest of the Great Temple ... <b>Petra</b> 
Rediscovered: <b>Lost City</b> of the Nabataeans. New York: Harry N. Abrams, in 
association with&nbsp;... Amman <b>city</b> centre (Capital of Jordan). The architecture of Jordan has been 
subject to vast development, specifically in the final years of the twentieth century. 
Jordan is a small country <b>located</b> in the Middle East. ... <b>Petra</b> was a <b>city</b> that was 
at the centre of trade between the Middle East and the Roman Empire. It was a 
<b>city</b> of&nbsp;... The city of Pavlopetri (Greek: Παυλοπέτρι), underwater off the coast of southern 
Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece, is about 5,000 years old, making it one of the 
oldest submerged <b>lost cities</b>, as well as the oldest in the Mediterranean sea. ... of 
archaeologists from Cambridge, Pavlopetri is <b>located</b> between the Pavlopetri islet
&nbsp;...
southern Jordan
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