Petra was carved out of the mountains.
at 100 BC
at 100 BC
The Nabateans constructed Petra as their capital city around 100 BC.
Petra was carved from red sandstone which was there naturally.
greek rock
6 centuries
The nabateans created petra because an ancient god called Jazmin Leuytone thought that the world needed a town made of rock and that it would be less expensive to build.
Petra was built in 300 BC as the capital of Nabitean Kingdom. It was an ancient crossroads during ancient Greek and Roman times and part of it was built in those times.
From what I've heard, it was the Edomites, not the Israelites. Others have named the Nabateans as its builders.
Julian Radice built it for all the beautiful women in Jordan (god helped him have sexy time)
Petra means "a rock".
Petra = פטרה