You probably heard that there is a new set as the 7 wonders of the world. One of them is the mysterious Petra located in the heart of Jordan in the Middle East. When you get to visit this place you’ll understand why it is worthy to be named as one of the 7 wonders. Petra was only discovered in 1812 after being “lost” for roughly 300 years. So all in all this ancient city has been in existence for over 400 years now. This is a one-of-a kind place because the whole city was contoured and painstakingly carved from a huge rock face – a city built on rocks! The people that constructed it were the desert tribe called the Nabateans that settled there and started trade up to Syria.

The city cannot be easily penetrated because it is right in the middle of towering hills of massive sandstone. You’ll have to pass through ancient paths and little by little you’ll see the splendor of the city right before your eyes. The first sight that will take your breath away is what they called Siq or the official entrance into the city. Twisting and turning, narrowing into a mere cleft in the rock until the blaze of the sun can no longer be seen. And from that cleft you’ll have your first glimpse of the city and once inside are the awesome ancient rock buildings, carved from sandstone cliff wall standing erect in their splendor after hundreds of years.

Inside you’ll see the Khazneh or treasury, the High Place of Sacrifice and the Royal Tombs. There’s just so much to see in Petra. By just being there you’ll have a glimpse of how the people lived their lives during the ancient times. You can even find romanticism on it since poet Dean Burgon described it as “rose-red city, half as old as time.”