The Treasury (al-Khazna) Wadi Musa

Wadi Musa , Jordan

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  • 1

    Rock City!

    53 photos

    ... . The Monastery is also huge and extremely impressive. It is quite similar to the Treasury, but the Monastery is wide whereas the Treasury is narrower but taller. After fueling up, we hit the trail again for another 5 minutes to get to the best view ...

  • 2

    Indiana Jones, Lionel Richie and Red Sea 'R and R'

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    ... early we entered Petra and after walking down the narrow gorge of the Siq, like everybody who visits here, were totally blown away by the Treasury, carved 40m high from pink rock 2000 years ago... wow it took about half an hour to come to terms with it ...

  • 3

    Petra

    38 photos

    ... immense Treasury, the symbol of Petra, amazingly preserved with its floral patterns and columns and statues carved directly from the rock. After the Treasury, which was more likely a tomb of a king, Petra opened into a wider canyonland of Wadi Musa, ...

  • 4

    The Rose of Jordan

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    ... cliffs until you get to a gap called a "siq" where suddenly you see a spectacular towering carved wall of rock known as the treasury. The road continues to various tombs, temples and a monastery high on top the hill. There are 800 steps to the top; many ...

  • 5

    Petra!

    34 photos

    ... interesting too.  We had a two day pass and we hiked through the gorges and saw the breathtaking stone carved monument called the Treasury and then hiked up about a thousand steps to see the Monastery.  Was followed by a Bedouin family up many ...

  • 6

    Day 19: Petra

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    ... or we can take a donkey ride, but in the mid-day hot sun, we decide that we'll explore the palace.  We will see the treasury again on our way back out.  Actually, the palace looks best from a distance.  When we get close, it is just so ...

  • 7

    The magic of coloured stone

    50 photos

    ... Besides, we had three days.  What's the hurry? After lunch we made our way to the Royal Tombs.  The first (and farthest from the treasury) was built for the Roman governor by his son.  It's the only tomb they can positively identify as ...

  • 8

    A tomb or two

    41 photos

    ... time for or don't really care about.  The morning started with the walk through the siq and a short appreciation of the Treasury (cause it's just unbelieveably crowded starting from about 8 a.m. until noon).  Our main goal of the day was ...

  • 9

    Indiana Jones and the Lost City of Petra

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    ... .  At one point there is a majestic carving of a camel caravan, although the upper half requires a little imagination.  The Treasury is simply an incredible building.  It is massive and placed so that you can see it through a small gap ...

  • 10

    Took the bus from damascus straight to ...

    ... with its high columns and statued capitols. Wandered aroun the rose red city carved in the side of the mountains, quite spectacular. The Treasury which is in all the photos (and Indiana Jones) was fantastic, but beaten in the stunning stakes by ...