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After the viewing the Treasury, we come next to the Street of Facades, which is lined with tall, impressive tombs, with large facades or false faces on their fronts. This street eventually leads us down into the heart of the city.

In order to investigate this tomb, high on the cliff side, archeologists used a famous mountain climber to climb up the mountain and leap down to the small ledge in front of the tomb. Unfortunately the tomb had been robbed long ago and he found only a few bones. Some of the facades are badly damaged, and flood deposits have filled many of them with mud. Some of the canyon walls are lined with dozens of smaller tombs for the not-so-rich.

Over the years the wind has done strange things to the tombs and caves along the roadway. The caves of Petra are a wonderful place to explore and enjoy the wonders of God's creations, along with the ingeniousness of man. Across from the Street of Facades are tombs high on the mountain. You can scramble up the mountain at a place across from the stairs up to the High Place, or you can approach this area from the Urn Tomb.

Shot from within a tomb - Petra - Jordan.

Description
After the viewing the Treasury, we come next to the Street of Facades, which is lined with tall, impressive tombs, with large facades or false faces on their fronts. This street eventually leads us down into the heart of the city.

In order to investigate this tomb, high on the cliff side, archeologists used a famous mountain climber to climb up the mountain and leap down to the small ledge in front of the tomb. Unfortunately the tomb had been robbed long ago and he found only a few bones. Some of the facades are badly damaged, and flood deposits have filled many of them with mud. Some of the canyon walls are lined with dozens of smaller tombs for the not-so-rich.

Over the years the wind has done strange things to the tombs and caves along the roadway. The caves of Petra are a wonderful place to explore and enjoy the wonders of God's creations, along with the ingeniousness of man. Across from the Street of Facades are tombs high on the mountain. You can scramble up the mountain at a place across from the stairs up to the High Place, or you can approach this area from the Urn Tomb.

Shot from within a tomb - Petra - Jordan.