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Kabah
[edit]Removed "kabah" statement, as the Kabah is absolutely NOT worshiped by Muslims.
I am not sure that the Category:Roman towns and cities is suitable for this city, as it simple was not :) Romans passed by the city, it was under the Roman Empire at some point, but it was build long before the Roman Empire entered the region, and it have a totally different architectural style than Roman cities. I am no expert, but this is how I see it. -- Isam 01:46, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The Romans used it as an administrative center and built temples, a street grid, and a Roman-style theater. From the second century until its abandonment the city was almost completely Romanized (and later, Byzantinized). Fishal 20:44, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Museum exhibit
[edit]The Cincinnati Art Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio has an exhibit of artifacts on display as of 10/25/04. There is a traveling museum show of two aspects of Petra. Petra, Lost City of Stone (archeology) and The Bedouin Tribes of Petra, Photographs 1986-2003 by Vivian Ronay. This show is currently at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ottawa and will be there until January 2007. Prior to this it was at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary.
Link to Burgon's "Rose-Red" poem
[edit]http://parisparfait.typepad.com/paris_parfait/2006/05/petra_and_deser.html
Removed the Dispensationalist commentary
[edit]"Left Behind" is a work of fiction and references to it in this should be noted, but not over-explained. Fans of that work of fiction should look elsewhere for such explanations.
Claim for new tomb
[edit]“‘A little hyped up’: experts downplay claims over Petra archaeological find”[1] Doug Weller talk 19:25, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
- And The Discovery of a Tomb in Petra Was Hailed as ‘Significant.’ Experts Are Unimpressed Doug Weller talk 19:26, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, it was a Jordanian-American-orchestrated PR stunt to boost tourism because of the ongoing regional war; two tombs were first discovered in 2003/2005, left side was caged while the right side was buried with sand, the one which was recently rediscovered. Jordan is holding a big press conference in the upcoming weeks, ostensibly to uncover new findings from the rediscovered tomb. Makeandtoss (talk) 08:42, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
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