Great Temple of Petra
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Dec 10, 2024 09:30 PM
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History
The Great Temple of Petra is one of the major archaeological and architectural components of central Petra. It is located to the south of the Colonnaded Street and southeast of the Temenos Gate and covers 7560 square meters.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/777218559
30.328813337, 35.4423492281
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- OSM location of Great Temple (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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The Great Temple was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985 as part of the archaeological assemblage of Petra.
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Great Temple of Petra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/777218559> [accessed: 01 April 2025]
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