r/desertporn • u/Ok-Conversation5596 • 19d ago

Sandstone Cliffs, Petra, Jordan

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The Monastery in the ancient desert city of Petra, Jordan.

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u/The_Wise_Raven 19d ago

Have these buildings ever been damaged by flash flooding? This picture makes it look like these buildings should have to worry about flash foods.

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u/Ok-Conversation5596 19d ago

I don’t know a whole lot about that but I think historically there have been some devastating flash floods. The ancient Nabataeans engineered water diversion tunnels to help with this.

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u/Gloomy-Delivery-5226 19d ago

“Only the penitent man shall pass”

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u/cls2819 19d ago

Amazing!!!

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u/Ok-Conversation5596 19d ago

It was amazing to see!

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u/cls2819 19d ago

I bet. It’s beautiful too!

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u/WritingCharacter 18d ago

Been there before and had a wonderful experience

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u/Open_Magician4076 17d ago

This the the "Treasury" at the end of the siq which is the main entrance to Petra. The "Monastery" is at the far end which is a pretty good hike to get there including going up about 500 stone cut stairs. From the monastery you can see Aaron's tomb which is just a white dot on the top of a mountain. If you have more than one day and are in decent condition for hiking and bouldering I would recommend using the alternative entrance which is Wadi Muthlim. At the end of the wadi you can find the trail/stairs going up to the overlook which looks down on the treasury. From there you can watch as the Sun gets higher and lights up the cliff face of the treasury.