It is listed in Egyptian campaign accounts and the Amarna lettersas Pel, Sela or Seir | 7 seems to be more specific |
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Petra today On December 6, 1985, Petra was designated a World Heritage Site | Protection and management requirements Under Jordanian National law, responsibility for protection of Antiquities sites lies with the Department of Antiquities, a separate entity under the Ministry for Tourism and Antiquities |
It is one of the world's richest and largest archaeological sites set in a dominating red sandstone landscape.
13Petra Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia | It is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, where ancient Eastern traditions blend with Hellenistic architecture |
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The execution of a successful corporate and business strategy soon took Petra to great heights and enabled it to become competitive with long-established companies | The theatre was probably excavated at that time, and Petra must have assumed the aspect of a Hellenistic city |
Then comes a series of tombfronts which terminate in a semicircular arch, a feature derived from north Syria.
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