7 Wonders located in Jordan
By Rami elayan
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January 30, 2014 6:53am CST
Seven wonders located in Jordan
Petra. archaeological and chronicled town located near town of Ma'an in south Jordan . Bamartha well known carved rocks and scheme drag the vintage water channels . titled the vintage title of " items "it is - called " pink town " for the proportion of colors twisted rocks .
Petra was founded nearly 312 years BC. AD as the capital of Alanbat Kingdom . Has assumed a famous location for many years , where he was to its location on the fine thread Road , and the mean of the civilizations of Mesopotamia , Palestine and Egypt , a foremost function of the state to make the Nabataeans retaining the reins of trade between the civilizations of these districts and their inhabitants . The town is located on Mount Mnhaddart Madbah , among a assembly of hills towering rock , which types the north-western flank of the Arabian Peninsula , expressly the Wadi Araba , extending from the Dead ocean to the Gulf of Aqaba .
Petra site stayed unexplored for the West throughout the Ottoman time span , until re- found out the Swiss orientalist Johann Ludwig Burckhardt in 1812 . Petra has been included on the World Heritage register of UNESCO in 1985 . Has furthermore been chosen as one of the seven wonders of the new year 2007 .
The Petra Day , a emblem of Jordan , and the most attractive locations for visitors in the Kingdom . It is also one of the most significant tourist destinations of the world leaders
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