Petra Treasury

The experience of stepping out of the narrow Sqi into a brightly lit canyon gazing at a huge carving jutting from a massive wall of rock, the combination of light and massiveness of the carving was almost overwhelming, the feeling is indescribable, it's so massive and bright reflecting the morning sun, making taking a picture difficult. I've read where they believe it was constructed around the 1st century BCE and no one knows for sure why it was made. There are many tails of pirates hiding treasure there (hence it's name treasury) it's pretty well accepted that it was either a temple or a tomb. One of the tails says that there are treasures hidden in the top of the carving, in the second photo bullet holes can be observed. Getting up close to it gives you a sense to it's grandeur and size also it is amazingly we preserved compared to the other carvings further down the canyon.