Theater necropolis of the rock city Petra Jordan

The UNESCO World Heritage Site Petra includes numerous tombs carved from sandstone. The richer the city became, the more people had a grave monument erected as a status symbol for their family. Most of the graves were built between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD Roman theater of Petras, are summarized under the name theater necropolis. This was considered the oldest necropolis in Petra. In the meantime, however, it has been proven that the elaborately worked Al Khazneh Treasure House is older than these standardized graves. Depending on the type of construction, they are called battlement graves, stair graves or arched graves bezeichnet.

A look into the graves of the theater necropolis is worthwhile: The minerals contained in the sandstone form beautiful patterns in bright colors. A work of art of nature that enriches the rock city of Petra with another level of beauty and can be seen particularly well in the theater necropolis.

The theater necropolis is one of them Sight of Petrawho over the Main trail can be reached.

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