This is a different walking in cities post in that this is a walk through an abandoned city. Instead of a mass of locals, we are in a mass of tourists. Petra is in southern Jordan and much of it was carved out of the cliffsides of the canyons that surrounded it. It utilized an elaborate system of cisterns to store water which made it a sort of artificial oasis. It was in the vicinity of trade routes, so for a time it was a relatively affluent city, although at its height it only had a population of around 20,000 people.
The above video gives you an idea of the canyons it sits in, below is a longer video showing more of the city and its surrounding area.
2 comments:
Used in multiple film shoots including, iirc, the third Indiana Jones movie.
Tacitus
It's a striking site -- it gets used a lot.
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