European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine the Treasury ii carved into the Rock Walls of Petra Jordan. Is Phou by Leah Laski Llose red City half As old by John Rice associated presso n a summer Day in 1813, Swiss explore Jean Burckhardt coaxed an unwilling bedouin guide Down a narrow unusually coloured Ravine and came upon one of the great sights of the ancient world. Through a Dill opening barely 1s paces wide he suddenly con rolled a massive Greco roman seeming facade of columns topped by a pediment Hen from a Reddish Orange Rock face and some 130 feel High. It was a sight he later wrote. A situation and Beauty of which Are calculated to make an extraordinary  Burckhardt he first Westerner in perhaps 600 years to see Petra in what is now Jordan was gazing a the  it is one of Many architectural masterpieces carved into Rock Cliffs of Petra capital of the ancient Arab kingdom of Nabated. The Nabat eans were Arab traders who roamed from Mesopotamia to Italy vef Ling  Picc.  in log Century just Belore and Eller the birth of Chi is. Pedro today is to a Diol to Drill s  tourism Industry our  in the word of incur Pirn director nasal Auh Al some 200,000 tourists a year trek or ride i id Tsufis Down i he mile Long Ravine to see the Rose red oily my As old As time a description coined by poet John William Burgon. There Are two hotels one posh one modest at she once inaccessible site and there Are plans for More. A. Campground is located adjacent to a loud Power Generator which runs All night most tourists visit on a Day trip lion Amman 110 Miles North although  option bypasses the Scenic King s Highway South from the capital and the imposing crusader Engiles of Karak and Shoub