Petra is Jordan's biggest tourist attraction, and its world-famous heritage status improved as it was the scene of the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In June, archaeological reconnaissance satellites and drones revealed a huge ceremonial platform south of the old city center. Located in present-day Jordan, Petra was built in the first century BC. C.
and was inhabited by about 20,000 people at its peak. A team of excavators has discovered evidence of a hanging garden in the city of Petra, which was dug out of solid rock by a civilization called The Nabateans. Today, Al-Khazneh is one of Jordan's best-known tourist sites, along with other ancient structures in Petra. Sallah, apparently amused by this, laughs while Indiana explains that she was very fond of that dog.
The same moment Indiana Jones, his father Henry, Sallah and Marcus Brody arrive at the Temple of the Sun. Petra, on the other hand, enjoyed a maximum of 15 cm of rain each year, forcing its inhabitants to develop water management systems that seem impressive to this day. That canyon is actually called Siq and that “temple” is the Treasure of the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. The visit to Petra begins with a walk through the Siq, a narrow gorge of more than 1 km in length, which is flanked on both sides by high cliffs 80 meters high.
The search for the Holy Grail leads Indiana Jones and his father to the Temple of the Sun, also known as the temple of the Holy Grail. Henry explains that Henry Jones Junior is his real name and that Indiana was his dog's name. Petra was known as a water stop for merchants who brought spices and other products from the East to cities in Europe. The first scene here is when Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), Professor Henry Jones (Sean Connery), Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) and Sallah (John Rhys-Davies) tour the canyon.
Archaeologists exposed a 10-meter-deep well connected to a series of aqueducts that carried water from the hills outside Petra. The Waxing Moon Canyon in the movie is an impressive sandstone canyon called Siq, which is the closest road from Wadi Musa to Petra. The closest city to Petra is Wadi Musa, which is also the administrative center of Petra, just an hour's walk away. Archaeologists discover evidence of highly advanced technology while excavating the “hanging gardens of Petra”.
Established around the 6th century BC. As the capital of the Nabataeans, a nomadic tribe that settled in the area and laid the foundations of a commercial empire that extended to Syria, Petra was excavated in the red rose limestone of the Wadi Musa desert.
