Petra Tour: Bab as-Siq
In the necropolis along the path from the Visitor Centre to the deep gorge of the Siq, one can see remarkably unusual burial sites, including some of Petra's oldest.
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In the foreground the grave shafts on the rocky outcrop behind the block grave BD 8 and in the upper side of BD 9.
In the center left, the Obelisk Tomb and the Bab as-Siq Triclinium, and on the opposite side of the road, an inscription probably referring to it.
On the far left the Snake Tomb - see next page.
© Photo, text: Haupt & Binder
In the necropolis along the path from the Visitor Centre to the deep gorge of the Siq, one can see remarkably unusual burial sites, including some of Petra's oldest.