130—270 grew in importance and attracted the Arabian trade away from Petra, the latter declined | Strangely, few inscriptions of any length have been found at Petra, perhaps because they have perished with the stucco or cement which was used upon many of the buildings |
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Many statues carved in the rock depict these gods and goddesses | Roman rule In 106 CE, when Cornelius Palma was governor of Syria, that part of Arabia under the rule of Petra was absorbed into the Roman Empire as part of Arabia Petraea, becoming capital |
A Roman road was constructed at the site.
6They will also cover visitor facilities such as park lighting, tourist trails and interpretative signage, restaurants and shops, community recreation areas and businesses, as well as public events and activities within the park | The property is a protected area within the Petra Archaeological Park managed by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities |
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This part of the country was Biblically assigned to the Horites, the predecessors of the Edomites | The entrance approach and the settlement itself were made possible by the creative genius of the extensive water distribution and storage system |
The Jordan Times reported in December 2006 that 59,000 people visited in the two months October and November 2006, 25 fewer than the same period in the previous year.
19The simple pylon-tombs which belong to the pre-Hellenic age serve as evidence for the earliest period | The Umm al Amad copper mines and underground galleries are an outstanding example of mining structures dating from the fourth millennium BC |
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The native dynasty came to an end | 85—60 BCE , the royal coins begin |
The Nabataean type starts from the simple pylon-tomb with a door set in a tower crowned by a parapet ornament, in imitation of the front of a dwelling-house.
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