Petra
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: S.T. Parker
Creators: S.T. Parker
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
Dec 10, 2024 09:52 PM
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History
Capital city of the Nabataeans located on the slope of Mount Hor.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/697725
30.328611, 35.441944
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of visible remains of Petra (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Alǧī (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Baṭrā (Modern Standard Arabic, unspecified date range)
- Colonia Ant. P. (Georgian, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Colonia Antoniniana P. (Georgian, 30 BC - AD 226)
- Gaia (Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Petra (330 BC - AD 640)
- Petra (Ancient Greek, 2600000 BC - AD 2000)
- Petra (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 650)
- Petra (English, modern)
- Petris (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Reqem (Ancient Hebrew, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Vallis Moysi (AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Wādī Mūsā (Modern Standard Arabic, 330 BC - AD 2000)
- al-Wuʿaira (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- al-Ǧāya (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- al-Ǧī (AD 300 - AD 2000)
- as-Salʿa (Modern Standard Arabic, 540 BC - 30 BC)
- Petra part of (regional) Arabia Petraia (30 BC - AD 300)
- Petra part of (regional) Nabataea (region) (unspecified date range)
- Petra capital of Palaestina III (late Roman province) (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Al-Khazneh part of (analytical) Petra (30 BC - AD 300)
- Ayn Braq Aqueduct flows into Petra (unspecified date range)
- Garden and Pool Complex at Petra located at Petra (30 BC - AD 300)
- Great Temple of Petra connection Petra (unspecified date range)
- Roman theater at Petra connection Petra (unspecified date range)
- Street of Facades, Petra connection Petra (unspecified date range)
- Tawilan located near Petra (1200 BC - 330 BC)
- Temple of the Winged Lions located at Petra (unspecified date range)
- The Deir located at Petra (30 BC - AD 300)
- Umm al-Biyara located near Petra (1200 BC - 30 BC)
settlement
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 71 A5 Petra
Petra was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1985. The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Wadi Musa
S.T. Parker, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Petra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/697725> [accessed: 18 December 2024]
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