We had two days at Petra so we decided to start our first day off with traveling to the most iconic image from Petra, the Treasury. Featured in Indiana Jones, the Treasury was originally built as a mausoleum in the first century AD.
The name The Treasury derives from one legend that bandits or pirates hid their treasure in a stone urn high on the second level. Significant damage from bullets can been seen on the urn. Local lore attributes this to Bedouins, who are said to have shot at the urn in the early 20th century, in the hopes of breaking it open and spilling out the "treasure" - but the urn is actually solid sandstone.
A guide told us that the building was actually built from the top to the bottom, and it has a second subfloor below the actual Treasury.
Here are a few photos we took in front of The Treasury!
Here are the pictures from our camera!
It was really cool to see that Petra had a sub-level under the main structure. It is so beautiful and detailed considering that it is under the dirt.
One last look!
