Petra Tour: Al-Khazneh
The most famous monument in Petra, the 39-meters-high mausoleum for a Nabataean king or queen, carved deep into the rock face during the first half of the 1st century AD.
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Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
Of the 6 columns of the lower level, the two middle ones stood free. As you can see on the lithograph, the third column from the left was broken off . In 1961/62 it was replaced by a reconstruction.
Several details are fantasy elements of the artist, for example the eagle in the center of the tympanum, where originally there was a woman's head.
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The most famous monument in Petra, the 39-meters-high mausoleum for a Nabataean king or queen, carved deep into the rock face during the first half of the 1st century AD.
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