Jordan: Magical Mystical Tour

Tweet Embed Tweet Embed Tweet Embed Tweet Embed Tweet Embed Tweet Embed   Tweet Embed Tweet Embed Tweet Embed Petra is sometimes called the ‘Lost City’. In spite of its being such an important city in antiquity, after the 14th century AD, Petra was completely lost to the western world. It was rediscovered in 1812 by the Swiss traveller, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, who tricked his way into the fiercely guarded site by pretending to be an Arab from India wishing to make a sacrifice at the tomb of the Prophet Aaron.. Silver jewellery pieces are always weighed before you are given the price – this is because silver is generally sold by weight and not by design. In Graeco-Roman times, Amman was known as Philadelphia, it was named after the Roman emperor Philadelphus. Prior to that it was known as Rabbath-Ammon.