Verified30.3220° N · 35.4510° E · 850 m
Petra – Al-Khazneh & Ad-Deir Precincts
Nabataean 1st c BCE–1st c CE·Nabataean·🇯🇴 Ma'an, Jordan
About
About Petra – Al-Khazneh & Ad-Deir Precincts
Detailed precinct within Petra (already listed as city) – but as distinct temple elaboration: Al-Khazneh 40 m façade and Ad-Deir 50 m, both tombs-temples with Hellenistic façades. Kept as cross-ref to Petra.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 50 BCE–70 CE
- Period
- Nabataean 1st c BCE–1st c CE
- Culture
- Nabataean
- Purpose
- Royal tomb-temples
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 50 BCE–70 CE
Initial construction
c. 1334 CE
Rediscovery
Location
Where it is
30.3220° N · 35.4510° E · 850 m