ancient temple of Petra, JordanPetra, Jordan; July 29, 2023 – Inside the carved out interior of the Urn Tomb in Petra, Jordan.Petra, Jordan, September 24, 2023: Inside the Treasury, Petra, JordanThe monastery in world wonder Petra, JordanInside of one of the tombs in Petra showing the colorful stone of the mountainTomb Ruins (Rock Columns and Large Entrance): View from inside a stone tomb in the Ancient City of Petra – JordanA tourist taking pictures of the walls of the tomb of Silk Petra Jordan, Stunning swirls of different coloured rock.A tourist rides a camel before the site of the Treasury at the ruins of the ancient Nabatean city of Petra in southern Jordan on on December 12, 2022. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP) (Photo by KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)Petra Day Trip in a photo
Petra was built by the Nabataean Kingdom, an Arab trading civilization.
Major figures on the facade
Top central statue
Likely Isis or Tyche, goddess of fortune.
Figures beside the top
Possibly victory goddesses (Nikē).
Lower statues
The Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), protective twin gods in Greek mythology.
Decorative figures
Amazons
Eagles
Mythological guardians
Why the style looks Greek
The Nabataeans adopted Hellenistic artistic styles because they traded heavily with the Greek and Roman world.
