The general view of Petra strikes every traveller with admiration. El Deir stands a thousand feet above the level of the City.
The Rock temple of El Deir at Petra. The Holy Land by David Roberts.
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General representation of the Site of Petra, Jordan.
This Engraving gives a general representation of the area which opens to the spectator on emerging from the “Chasm” by which he enters on the East.
Mount Hor, from the cliffs encircling the ancient city of Petra.
The view was magnificent, commanding El Ghor and the Wady Arabah, while above him towered the naked majesty of Mount Hor.
View of Petra from the top of the Nabataean Theatre.
One which most directly meets the eye on entering the City of Petra from the eastward, is the Theatre.
The Necropolis of Petra. The tombs of the chief Cemetery.
In the valley which conducts to Petra, and which lies outside the “Chasm,” is the chief Cemetery.
Men sitting to smoke by a ravine at Petra, Jordan.
This view is taken from the Theatre, and represents the Excavations in the opposite cliffs; and the continuation of the chief eastern entrance to the City.
Excavations at the Eastern End of the Valley, Petra.
The architects of Petra had evidently a strong sense of beauty. The City, in its pomp and animation, have formed a combination altogether unrivalled.
The Acropolis (Kusr Faron) Lower End of the Valley. Petra 1839.
It seems to have formed the approach to the Palace, or pile of building in the centre, called by the Arabs Kusr Faron (Pharaoh’s Castle).
Conference of Arabs at Wady Moosa, Petra March 6th 1839.
The Engraving gives a conception of the manner in which the more serious affairs of the natives are conducted.
Remains of a triumphal arch at Petra. Jordan 1839.
The Arch-way in the Engraving, in the lower Roman style, is little more than a heap of stones.