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Petra, inscribed in 1985, has been inhabited since prehistoric times. This Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. Half-built, half-carved into the rock, and surrounded by mountains riddled with passages and gorges, Petra is one of the world's most evocative and famous archaeological sites.
Wadi Rum Protected Area was inscribed in 2011 as a mixed natural and cultural site. Its desert landscape consists of narrow gorges, arches, towering cliffs, ramps, massive landslides and caverns. Petroglyphs, inscriptions and remains testify to 12,000 years of occupation. 25,000 carvings and 20,000 inscriptions trace the evolution of human thought and the early development of the alphabet.
For more information about Petra, please visit UNESCO’s website: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/326.
In fall 2015, spring and fall 2016, and spring 2017, Seabourn Sojourn is scheduled to visit Aqaba, Jordan, and will offer a Seabourn Discovery Tour, Petra: Hidden Treasure of the Ancient World, from the port. For more information on the shore excursion, please visit: http://bit.ly/1FTOOK0.
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Petra, inscribed in 1985, has been inhabited since prehistoric times. This Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. Half-built, half-carved into the rock, and surrounded by mountains riddled with passages and gorges, Petra is one of the world's most evocative and famous archaeological sites.
Wadi Rum Protected Area was inscribed in 2011 as a mixed natural and cultural site. Its desert landscape consists of narrow gorges, arches, towering cliffs, ramps, massive landslides and caverns. Petroglyphs, inscriptions and remains testify to 12,000 years of occupation. 25,000 carvings and 20,000 inscriptions trace the evolution of human thought and the early development of the alphabet.
For more information about Petra, please visit UNESCO’s website: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/326.
In fall 2015, spring and fall 2016, and spring 2017, Seabourn Sojourn is scheduled to visit Aqaba, Jordan, and will offer a Seabourn Discovery Tour, Petra: Hidden Treasure of the Ancient World, from the port. For more information on the shore excursion, please visit: http://bit.ly/1FTOOK0.
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