Jordan

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Petra

An ancient capital city 3000 years old and harboring many surprises

Built sometime between 1550 and 1292 BCE as a capital city for the Nabataeans, a Semitic people, Petra is perhaps one of the most astonishing wonders of the ancient world. It lay undiscovered to... »

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