oct 10, 400 BC - Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple

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Cut rock
Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman
Influenced because of location on trade routes
Siq = narrow passage way(rock) to arrive at treasury
Was first thought to be a cemetery because of tiny caves thought to be tombs but no bodies were found
Thought to temporarily keep bodies in the cave
Facade = front of building = columns
pediment= got to know this word
Pediment = on top of columns (triangle)
Tholos is a rounded space
Corinthian colum

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