"Could Petra be the mother of all cities described in the Quran?"
"I believe that name was used for the City of Petra after repeated earthquakes killed many people."
"I think that this is one of the holiest spots for all of Islam and it's here in Petra."
"Petra had water fields and trees... There were private and public gardens as well as running water brought into the city through aqueducts and clay pipes."
"Just think about it. It's literally called Petra or petrified city."
"Petra completely lived up to the hype. It was just spectacular."
"The surface pottery indicates the platform was built sometime in the mid-second century BC when Petra was a flourishing and wealthy center of commerce."
"Petra is a beautiful historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan."
"Petra is so miraculous that it's been classified among the new Seven Wonders of the World."
"Massive structure buried in the sands of Petra ruins, missed for 150-200 years."
"Petra was carved out of solid Stone by the ancient nabateans 2,300 years ago."
"The metropolis of the Nabataeans is Petra, as it is called, for it lies on a site which is otherwise smooth and level, but it is fortified all around by a rock."
"Ancient visitors to Petra would walk along the narrow gully of the Siq, winding through the towering walls of sandstone, and finally emerge into this spectacle of sheer visual drama."
"Petra... stands as one of the most astonishing wonders of the ancient world."
"The landscape surrounding Petra is absolutely stunning with red rocky mountains."
"The sick provided an excellent natural defense for Petra's inhabitants."
"After the Roman Empire was divided, Petra was ruled by the Byzantine Empire until Muslim occupation in the 7th Century AD."
"Due to changes in trade routes, earthquakes, and more, by the 14th century Petra became somewhat lost and obscure to the rest of the world."
"Petra was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985."
"There is so much to see at this site as it's so rich in history and places."
"So this sums up all these amazing sites here in Petra."
"Nobody thought, 'Okay, we're turning towards Petra.'"
"Petra: one of the greatest archaeological discoveries, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site."
"Petra once served as the capital to the Nabataeans, a little understood group of nomadic desert people."
"Petra, the jewel of Nabatean architecture, is renowned for its rock-cut structures, including the iconic Al-Khazneh and the Monastery."
"The decline of Petra and the Nabatean culture ensued, influenced by shifts in trade routes, economic dynamics, and the waning importance of the incense trade."
"These similar marks can also be found at the ancient quarry of Yangshan, China, and Petra in Jordan."
"Petra is a real-life place; it's not a movie set. This place is literally an ancient city carved out of stone."
"Join me, as I explore one of the most spectacular archeological sites on Earth—Petra."
"Petra was once the Wall Street of ancient Arabia."
"This is the gorge that will lead us into the center of Petra."
"The majestic Siq was the canyon where Harrison Ford and Sean Connery made their dramatic entrance into Petra."
"It's really the most beautiful thing in Petra. It's absolutely spectacular."
"The entire structure was sculpted from the top down."
"Petra is uninhabited today. But at its height, archeologists believe up to 30,000 Nabataeans lived in this protected canyon."
"These rich sources of water made Petra an oasis in the Arabian Desert."
"The Nabataeans constructed Hegra, the same people who built the much more famous city of Petra."
"Petra still possesses a fascinating and mysterious atmosphere."