The ancient city of Petra in modern Jordan was a flourishing commercial hub in the First Century A.D. It was the capital of the Nabataean kingdom, about 150 miles north of the Aqaba. Much of the city was carved out of solid rock. It is now one of the
Seven Wonders of the World.
The giant red mountains and vast mausoleums of a departed race have nothing in common with modern civilization, and ask nothing of it except to be appreciated at their true value - as one of the greatest wonders ever wrought by Nature and Man