Jordan aerial view
Jordan aerial view - Fly Jordan 2016 Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Video made in Jordan in March 2016 by ALTE VEDUTE - www.altevedute.it - for JORDAN TOURISM BOARD - www.visitjordan.com - with drone DJI Inspire Video realizzato in
Giordania a Marzo 2016 da ALTE VEDUTE - www.altevedute.it - per
TURISMO GIORDANIA - www.visitjordan.com - con drone DJI Inspire "Bab Al Siq’ is Arabic for gateway to the ‘siq’. Here you will see three massive Djinn blocks, which are squared monuments carved out of the rock. You will then come across the Obelisk Tomb, which was carved by the Nabataeans in the 1st century AD. Above the tomb are four pyramids (‘nafesh’) as well as a niche with a statue in bas-relief that is a symbolic representation of the five people buried there. Below it is the Triclinium, which was a banqueting hall. In the opposing cliff face there is a double
inscription in Nabataean and Greek that refers to a burial monument. An inscription written by “Abdomanchos”, indicates that the tomb was to be used for himself and his family, probably in the reign of Malichus II (40- 70 AD). It was renovated by the government in 1964 in the same way originally built by the Nabataens. This dam was built to protect their capital from floods that arrived during the seasonal rain from the mountains and hills across the valley.The dam protected the city of
Petra by redirecting the flood waters into a tunnel, which was later titled the ‘Dark Tunnel’. Proving to be successful, the dam thus represented the Natabataean’s skillful and modern infrastructure. During the excavation, it was found that the original name of the old city was Raqeem. However, upon their arrival, the Greeks renamed the city ‘Petra,’ meaning the rock. It is the ancient main entrance leading to the city of Petra, starts at the Dam and ends at the opposite side of the vault, a split rock with a length of about 1200m and a width of 3 to 12m, and height up to about 80m; most of the rock is natural and another part was
sculptured by the Nabataeans. www.visitpetra.jo
