Names
Transliterated Name |
Language |
Name |
Petra |
English |
|
Al-Batrā |
Arabic |
ٱلْبَتْرَاء |
Petra |
Ancient Greek |
Πέτρα |
Rekeme |
Thamudic ? |
|
Raqmu |
Arabic |
|
Raqēmō |
Arabic |
|
Introduction
Petra is traditionally accessed through a slot canyon known as the Siq. The site was
initially inhabited at least as early as the Neolithic and has been settled sporadically ever since - for example in the Biblical Edomite,
Hellenistic, Nabatean, Byzantine, and Crusader periods. After the Islamic conquest in the 7th century CE, Petra lost its strategic and commercial value
and began to decline until it was "re-discovered" by the Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt in 1812
(
Meyers et al, 1997).
It is currently a UNESCO World Heritage site and has been and continues to be extensively studied by archeologists.
Notes and Further Reading
References
Korzhenkov, A. et.al., 2016, Следы землетрясений в затерянном городе (Earthquake trails in a lost city), Nature 43
Summary of Archeoseismic Evidence from the 4th-6th centuries in Petra - Jones (2021)
Jones (2021) provided a summary of archeoseismic evidence in Petra which is reproduced below.
Map of Major Excavations in Petra - Jones (2021)
Jones (2021) provided a Map of Petra with major excavations which is reproduced below.
Unlocated Archaeoseismic Observations
Figure |
Image |
Description |
Source |
6 |
|
open crack |
Korzhenkov et al (2016) |