The Lost City of Stone

Petra is located in Jordan, to the northwest of Saudi Arabia. The word Petra in Greek means “rock” or “stone” which is a great name for this city considering the entire city is made from the rock that were located there. The people who carved these beautiful sculptures were called the Nabataeans. These people began to settle in Petra around the late seventh century. The rocks in Petra have a variety of hard and soft layers which gave the Nabataeans the ability to build their city of stone. They used the harder layers to build steady ceilings and the soft layers to carve open spaces. Many statues of Gods, Goddesses, and other figures still exist, along with many other architectural monuments.

Petra was unknown to the western world until the year of 1812. If this city was “lost” for so long, what other cities have yet to be discovered?