Landmarks - Petra

PETRA IN SOUTH-WEST JORDAN, IS ONE OF ANTIQUITIES MOST INFLUENTIAL AND PROSPEROUS CITIES. HEWN FROM MASSIVE ROCK CLIFFS THE ANCIENT TRADING CITY LIES IN THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY ABOUT 80 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF THE DEAD SEA. IN JULY 2007, PETRA WAS NAMED ONE OF THE NEW SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD BUT LIKE MANY WONDERS OF THE PAST ITS HISTORY IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.