Petra Tour: Theater
Monumental theater with semicircular auditorium for eight thousand spectators, hewn directly from the rock in the early first century AD.
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Street access connected to a network of passageways and exits under the seating area, such as the barrel-vaulted aditus maximus, the main entrance that can be seen on the photo between the auditorium and stage.
© Photo, text: Haupt & Binder
Monumental theater with semicircular auditorium for eight thousand spectators, hewn directly from the rock in the early first century AD.