Petra is half-built, half-carved into the rock, and is surrounded by mountains riddled with passages and gorges. An ingenious water management system allowed extensive settlement of an essentially arid area during the Nabataean, Roman and Byzantine periods. It is one of the world's richest and largest archaeological sites set in a dominating red sandstone landscape. Natural splendor and its elaborate ancient structure attract people from all over the planet. Area of the film " Indiana Jones and also the Crusade " was recorded in Petra, getting popular focus to it.

Then there are the remarkable remains of the extensive water engineering system, city walls and freestanding temples, garden terraces, water cisterns and reservoirs. And when you consider that these were built and carved by people who lived in the fourth century BC to the first century AD, these structures become all the more fascinating.