TheCityOfPetra

media type="file" key="CITY OF PETRA.mp3" width="72" height="30" THE LOST CITY OF PETRA The lost city of Petra is an ancient city located in the intersection between the main routes of the Mediterranean in Jordan, used by traders in the VIII century BC. Its name comes from the greeks and it means “Stone”.

The inhabitants of this city by that time were the Nabataeans They lived from the taxes taken from all traders that came across the city on camels with species and incenses. Later, the Romans conquered the place and took it as a strategic point. The source of water in that city was one of the main attractive. Nevertheless, when the transport system started to change from camels to ships, the city of Petra declined completely.

It wasn’t till 1812 when a Swiss explorer called Burkhardt found the place from a great forgetfulness and a century and a half later it was declared Humanity Patrimony (in 1985). **Cindy De Abreu**
 * By Maria Gabriela Inojosa **