Petra - XVI: al Khazneh
Opposite to where the Siq terminates, in a second ravine-like but broader valley, the finest monument at Petra, and perhaps in all Jordan, strikes the eye of the traveller. The monument, originally, a mausoleum/temple, was built at the beginning of the 1st Century AD, and is known as “al Khazneh”, the Treasury. The magnificent building, carved out of a sandstone rock face, is well preserved, considering its age and site, and still exhibiting its delicate chiseled work and all the freshness and beauty of its coloring. It has two rows of six columns over one another, with statues between, with capitals and sculptured pediments, the upper one of which is divided by a little round temple crowned with an urn.
Al Khazneh
1st century AD.
Petra, Jordan
Petra - XVI: al Khazneh
Opposite to where the Siq terminates, in a second ravine-like but broader valley, the finest monument at Petra, and perhaps in all Jordan, strikes the eye of the traveller. The monument, originally, a mausoleum/temple, was built at the beginning of the 1st Century AD, and is known as “al Khazneh”, the Treasury. The magnificent building, carved out of a sandstone rock face, is well preserved, considering its age and site, and still exhibiting its delicate chiseled work and all the freshness and beauty of its coloring. It has two rows of six columns over one another, with statues between, with capitals and sculptured pediments, the upper one of which is divided by a little round temple crowned with an urn.
Al Khazneh
1st century AD.
Petra, Jordan