A trip to PETRA “The Rose City”: One of the 7 Wonders of the
World
Program Schedule
Date: 18 July 2018
Departure time (Amman):
12pm, Arrival (Petra): 3pm
Departure (Petra): 7pm,
Arrival (Amman): 10pm
PLEASENOTE:
The fees to enter Petra around 50JD (equivalent to 70 USD)- this will be
covered by the conference for the first 100 participants in a first comes first
served basis.
Early registration is
preferred, to confirm registration please send us an email via: icfda18@ju.edu.jo
PETRA “The Rose
City”
Petra “One of the 7 Wonders of the
World” is without a doubt Jordan’s most valuable treasure and greatest
tourist attraction. It is a vast unique city, carved into the sheer rock face
by the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled here more than 2000
years ago, turning it into an important junction for the silk, spice and other
trade routes that linked China, India and southern Arabia with Egypt, Syria,
Greece and Rome.
The giant red mountains and vast mausoleums of a departed race have
nothing in common with modern civilization and ask for nothing of it except to
be appreciated at their true value- as one of the greatest wonders ever wrought
by Nature and Man.
Although much has seen written about Petra, nothing really prepares
you for this amazing place. It has to be seen to be believed.
Entrance to the city is through the Siq, a narrow gorge, over 1km
in length, which is flanked on either side by soaring 80m high cliffs. Just
walking through the Siq is an experience itself. The colors and formations of
the rocks are dazzling. As you reach the end of the Siq you will catch your
first glimpse of Al-Khazneh (Treasury).
This is an inspiring experience. A massive façade 30m wide and 43m
high, carved out of the sheer, dusky pink rock-face and dwarfing everything around
it. It was carved in the early 1st century as the tomb of an important
Nabataean king and represents the engineering genius of these ancient people.
