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A typical scene on Madaba's busy inner streets

Greek: Πέτρα

their presence adding to the eerie atmosphere

A Panoramic view of the city with recognized landmarks visible in the horizon

The Treasury I dead sea A typical scene on Madaba'sPetra (Arabic: , romanized: Al Batra; Greek: , "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqm (Nabataean: or , *Raqm), is a historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduit system, Petra is also called the "Rose City" because of the colour of the sandstone from which it is carved; it was famously called "a rose red city half as old as time" in a poem of 1845 by John Burgon. It