Nabataean & Roman Houses


One of the few traces of habitations so far discovered in Petra.


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1. Az Zantur

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A 1st-century AD palace that’s still under excavation.

2. Upper Temenos

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It is worth climbing to the upper part of the Great Temple to gain a sense of the enormity of a structure that would once have occupied 7000 sq m. It is…

4. Middle Market

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It is likely that the shops of the upper market would have continued along this portion of the Colonnaded Street.

5. Pharaun Column

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A good landmark and the lone surviving column of a Nabataean temple.

6. Upper Market

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Shops would have lined the Colonnaded Street along the front side of this colossal and as yet unexcavated building.

7. Great Temple

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A major Nabataean temple of the 1st century BCE, this structure was badly damaged by an earthquake not long after it was built, but it remained in use …

8. Lower Temenos

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The lower section of the Great Temple, with its stepped enclosure, is thought to have been a sacred part of this major monument, the whole of which…

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