Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Petra' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Petra (Arabic: xd9xb1xd9x84xd9x92xd8xa8xd9x8exd8xaaxd9x92xd8xb1xd9x8exd8xa7xd8xa1xe2x80x8e, romanized:xc2xa0Al-Batrxc4x81xcaxbe; Ancient Greek: xcexa0xcexadxcfx84xcfx81xcexb1, "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants in as Raqmu or Raqxc4x93mxc5x8d (xf0x90xa2x9axf0x90xa2x9bxf0x90xa2x93xf0x90xa2x88),[3][4] is a historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. | WIKI |
| In the Byzantine era several Christian churches were built, but the city continued to decline, and by the early Islamic era it was abandoned except for a handful of nomads. | WIKI |
| Access to the city is through a 1.2-kilometre-long (0.75xc2xa0mi) gorge called the Siq, which leads directly to the Khazneh. | WIKI |
| Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system, Petra is also called the "Rose City" because of the colour of the stone from which it is carved. | WIKI |
| [17] Tourism in the city was crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic as visitor numbers plummeted to zero since March 2020. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Importance in antiquity 2 Description 2.1 Water control 2.2 Access routes 2.3 City centre 2.4 Exterior platform 3 Tourism 4 Climate 5 History 5.1 Neolithic 5.2 Bronze Age 5.3 Iron Age Edom 5.4 The emergence of Petra 5.4.1 Petra as "Rekem" 5.4.2 Petra as "Sela" 5.5 Roman period 5.6 Byzantine period 5.7 Crusaders and Mamluks 5.8 19th and 20th centuries 6 Religion 7 UNESCO listing of ancient Petra and Bedouin heritage 8 Issues 9 Conservation 9.1 Conservation of cultural heritage 10 In popular culture 10.1 Literature 10.2 Plays 10.3 Films 10.4 Television 10.5 Music and musical videos 10.6 Video games 11 3D documentation 12 Gallery 13 See also 14 References 15 External links | WIKI |
| Excavations have demonstrated that it was the ability of the Nabataeans to control the water supply that led to the rise of the desert city, creating an artificial oasis. | WIKI |
| These innovations stored water for prolonged periods of drought and enabled the city to prosper from its sale. | WIKI |
| City centre[edit] | WIKI |
| At the point where the valley opens out into the plain, the site of the city is revealed with striking effect. | WIKI |
| The Petra Pool and Garden Complex is a series of structures within the city center. | WIKI |
| It is located outside the main area of the city, at the foot of Jabal an-Nmayr and about 0.5xc2xa0mi (0.80xc2xa0km) south of the city centre, but is facing east, not towards the city, and has no visible relationship to it. | WIKI |
| Though the city was founded relatively late, a sanctuary has existed there since very ancient times[when?]. | WIKI |
| Josephus mentions that the city, called Petra by the Greeks, "ranks highest in the land of the Arabs" and was still called Rekeme by all the Arabs of his time, after its royal founder (Antiquities iv. | WIKI |
| Encyclopxc3xa6dia Britannica (1911) states that the Semitic name of the city, if not Sela, would remain unknown. | WIKI |
| It nevertheless cautioned that sela simply means "rock" in Hebrew, and thence might not be identified with a city where it occurs in the biblical text. | WIKI |
| [36] The native dynasty came to an end but the city continued to flourish under Roman rule. | WIKI |
| A century later, in the time of Alexander Severus, when the city was at the height of its splendor, the issue of coinage came to an end. | WIKI |
| [5] Dushara and al-Uzza were two of the main deities of the city, which otherwise included many idols from other Nabataean deities such as Allat and Manat. | WIKI |
| The interest that Roman emperors showed for the city in the 3rd century suggests that Petra and its environs remained highly esteemed for a long time. | WIKI |
| In one of them, the Byzantine Church, 140 papyri were discovered, which contained mainly contracts dated from 530s to 590s, establishing that the city was still flourishing in the 6th century. | WIKI |
| Hammond believed the carved channels deep within the walls and ground were made from ceramic pipes that once fed water for the city, from rock-cut systems on the canyon rim. | WIKI |
| Tombs in the southern part of the city | WIKI |
| Ever since Johann Ludwig Burckhardt[67] aka Sheikh Ibrahim had re-discovered the ruin city in Petra, Jordan, in 1812, the cultural heritage site has attracted different people who shared an interest in the ancient history and culture of the Nabataeans such as travellers, pilgrims, painters and savants. | WIKI |
| In 1845, British poet John William Burgon won Oxford University's Newdigate Prize for his poem "Petra", containing the famous description "...a rose-red city half as old as time". | WIKI |
| Criterion (i): The dramatic Nabataean/Hellenistic rock-cut temple/tombs approached via a natural winding rocky cleft (the Siq), which is the main entrance from the east to a once extensive trading city, represent a unique artistic achievement. | UNESCO |
| They are masterpieces of a lost city that has fascinated visitors since the early 19th century. | UNESCO |
| The property is under pressure from tourism, which has increased greatly since the time of inscription, particularly congestion points such as the Siq which is the main entrance to the city from the east. | UNESCO |