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Tour 2009
MS Nautica Cruise Hong Kong to Athens April / May 2009
12 - Jordan, Aqaba. Including Petra.
May 5th 2009
Aqaba Port, Jordan.
Aqaba, looking across to Eilat in Israel.
Aqaba, Jordan.
Aqaba Port, Jordan.
The captain checks on the touching up.
Aqaba, Jordan.
Aqaba, Jordan. Eilat, Israel in the distance.
The new railway to Aqaba.
Truck stop. Aqaba is a free port.
Jordan Highway 15.
Jordan Highway 15.
Jordan Highway 15.
Jordan Highway 15.
Jordan Highway 15.
The road to Petra.
The road to Petra.
The road to Petra.
The road to Petra.
Wadi Musa, the new town outside Petra.
Bedouin horsemen.
The entrance gate into the Petra area in the town of Wadi Musa.
Website page with map of Petra
http://www.atlastours.net/jordan/petra_map.html
The walk down Wadi Musa to The Siq, the incised valley in Petra.
Djinn Blocks. Wadi Musa.
Wadi Musa.
Inscription on a Djinn Block. Wadi Musa.
Obelisk Tomb & Bab as-Siq Triclinium. Wadi Musa.
Djinn Blocks. These are tower tombs, with the burial at the top. Wadi Musa.
Obelisk Tomb details.
Wadi Musa.
The dam - Here the excess water was diverted from Wadi Musa, though this
tunnel.
Looking back up Wadi Musa.
Entrance to The Siq proper.
Nabatean Soldiers.
Nabatean Soldiers guarding a Niche. The Siq.
The Siq.
The Siq.
The Siq.
The Siq.
The Siq.
The Siq.
Niches. The Siq.
Niche. The Siq.
The Siq.
Remains of the camel statues. The Siq.
That first view of The Treasury from the end of The Siq.
Al-Khazneh / The Treasury.
Al-Khazneh / The Treasury.
Al-Khazneh / The Treasury.
Al-Khazneh / The Treasury.
Al-Khazneh / The Treasury.
Camels.
Eroded statue of the Greek goddess Tyche in the tholos (tubular bit at the top).
The Treasury.
The plane inner chamber of The Treasury.
The plane inner chamber of The Treasury.
View towards the entrance of The Siq into the Outer Siq from The Treasury.
The Treasury vestibule.
Linda and bod dressed in full Bedouin regalia.
Detail of a column in the Treasury vestibule.
The Treasury vestibule.
The Treasury.
The Treasury - The tholos.
We set off down The Outer Siq.
Street Of Facades. Outer Siq.
Street Of Facades. Outer Siq.
Street Of Facades. Outer Siq.
Street Of Facades. Outer Siq.
Urn Tomb above the Outer Siq.
Street Of Facades. Outer Siq.
Street Of Facades. Outer Siq.
Outer Siq.
The Theatre.
The Theatre. When the Nabatean Theatre was enlarged by the
Romans, higher tombs were cut though.
Eroded tombs in The Outer Siq.
The Outer Siq.
The Colonnaded Street.
The Great Temple, lower market.
The Colonnaded Street with The Arched Gate in the distance.
The Colonnaded Street.
Colonnaded Street and The Arched Gate.
The Great Temple, lower market.
The Temenos Gateway.
The Great Temple - grand steps.
Website of Great Temple excavations
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/Petra/
The Great Temple.
The Great Temple.
The Great Temple.
Qasr Al-Bint Temple.
Qasr Al-Bint Temple.
Qasr Al-Bint Temple.
The Great Temple, with the Colonnaded street and gateway in the foreground.
The Temenos Gateway.
The Great Temple.
The Colonnaded Street.
The Royal Tombs. Left to right - Palace, Corinthian, Silk and Urn tombs.
The Royal Tombs - The Corinthian Tomb.
The Royal Tombs - The Urn Tomb.
The Street Of Facades.
Water cistern running at the side of The Siq.
The Siq.
Niche. The Siq.
The Movenpick Hotel, Wadi Musa (Petra).
Linda in Vietnamese conical hat.
Arlidge of Arabia.
Arlidge of Arabia.
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