Approaching the Treasury from the Siq at night.
The Treasury at night, illuminated by thousands of candles.
Kimberly & Daniel at Petra at Night.
Our guide, Sufyian, helps James fix his turban
A Bedouin Jordanian wearing the real thing.
The lunar landscape of the Bab as-Siq
Kimberly & Merrill on horseback in front of the Obelisk Tomb
The Dam at the entrance to the Siq has been here since 50 A.D. and is usually successful in stopping flash floods...
...though not always successful, there was a flash flood in the Siq the day after we visited.
Kimberly & Daniel in the Siq gorge, with its 150 meter high walls
James looking quite Jordanian
A tree growing out of the walls of the Siq
Magnificent colors of the sandstone Siq walls
This is the original road from thousands of years ago.
The remains of statues of a merchant with camels in the Siq
The water channel that the Nabatean's built to help control flooding in the Siq
A glimpse of the Treasury through the narrow walls of the Siq
The Treasury, famous from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
The exquisite carvings are immaculately preserved, as the monument has miraculously been protected from rain and wind for thousands of years.
Column of the Treasury
For centuries after Petra's abandonment, Bedouin marksman (and other explorers) have been shooting at the monument, believing there is "treasure" in the top of the facade.
The whole family in front of the entrance to the Treasury
Bedouins at Petra chatting on a donkey.
The Colonaded Street in the old "city center" of Petra
Kimberly's mom and dad on the Colonaded Street, where you can feel Petra's Roman past
Bedouin on a donkey
Urns and the Jordanian flag
Camels in the desert in Petra
Petra is much more than just the Treasury...hundreds of other temples line the valley walls, including this one which was just discovered...
...a team from Brown University is working to reconstruct the temple, one disc at a time.
They say that Petra is the sister to the Grand Canyon
Goats scrambling down the canyon walls
The Bedouin goat herders
Kimberly's mom starting her way up to the Monastery, on a donkey!
Dad and James follow behind on foot.
It was definitely worth the effort!
The Monastery is essentially alone, this enormous carved monument at the top of cliffs in the canyon
Kimberly and Daniel enjoying the view
We did just happen to find some other carved niches in the mountains nearby.
Do you think this is what it was originally designed for?
Proof of just how well the Treasury has been preserved...this is another monument that did not have such ideal placement for protection from the elements
The Urn Tomb is noteworthy for its impressive vaulted arches--a later addition by the Romans
Inside the Urn Tomb notice all the colors, especially on the ceiling!
Bedouins with donkey
A local man observing the afternoon prayer towards Mecca
Bedouin children playing on the hiking path to the Monastery
Another exquisitely preserved carving
The family at our Bedouin dinner in the desert
We ate in this tent in the desert...miles from the city.
A Bedouin family cooked a feast of lamb for us in this brick oven
Our guide, Sufyan, is from a Bedouin family in this area that is very close with the family who hosted us for dinner
James trying to fit in--he even wore Bedouin eyeliner!
A picture of a Bedouin carrying her baby on her head
A Bedouin man and his wife pose proudly in this picture
The desert at night
