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Rock-cut sites in Jordan matching “Ma'an Governorate” · Mysteria

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Rock-cut sites in Jordan matching “Ma'an Governorate”

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🇯🇴 Jordan · Rock-cut

Petra — Al Khazneh Treasury Annex Tombs

Nabataean (1st c. BCE–1st c. CE; Treasury c.56 BCE Aretas IV) · Nabataean

Siq-end Treasury excavated by Horsfield 1929 and recent, empty tombs, annex row with loculi and triclinia.

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🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village

Baʿja

Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B · Arabah/South Levantine LPPNB (Basta–Ba'ja horizon)

LPPNB cliff-gorge two-storey village with siq entry, burned houses and children's mass-grave.

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🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city

Petra

Nabataean to Roman (312 BCE–363 CE earthquake) · Nabataean / Arab

Nabataean caravan city (312 BCE–106 CE) carved into sandstone cliffs: Al-Khazneh Treasury, Theatre, Monastery Ad-Deir, Royal Tombs, and hydraulic system capturing desert flash floods.