Petra back door hike
The hike to Petra from the north over the Jabal ad-Deir (the Monastery) offers breathtaking views of the mountain world and the wide plains of the Wadi Araba.
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Early bronze age II/III village (3100 - 2300 BC) on the northern slope of the Jabal ad-Deir massif on an about 1130 m high plateau above the Wadi Mirwan. The village existed only for a short time, there was no predecessor settlement and also no subsequent one.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
The hike to Petra from the north over the Jabal ad-Deir (the Monastery) offers breathtaking views of the mountain world and the wide plains of the Wadi Araba.