What City In Soutern Jordan Was Carved into the Sides of Cliffs?
Petra means “rock” in Greek, and that’s a good name for an ancient city in southern Jordan. This city lies in a small desert valley completely surrounded by towering sandstone cliffs. Petra was the capital of an Arab people known as Nabataens and was a center of the ancient caravan trade. It was called Petra by the Greeks and Ro
