Treasury or Khazneh Firaoun, Petra, Jordan
Circular tholos on upper storey, Treasury of the Pharaohs or Khazneh Firaoun, 100 BC - 200 AD, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. Originally built as a royal tomb, the treasury is so called after a belief that pirates hid their treasure in an urn held here. Carved into the rock face opposite the end of the Siq, the 40m high treasury has a Hellenistic facade with three bare inner rooms. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13425872
Media ID
45115902
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5907px x 5753px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
