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Amorielli Vol. 0 · No. 03 · March 2024 Portfolio p. 26

Portfolio · Vol. 0 · No. 03 · March 2024

Petra & Wadi Rum in pictures

8 photographs from the cover story, Petra & Wadi Rum, printed large. Photographs by Vyacheslav Argenberg, Boris Debic, Lama Sakhnini, Rosepal8, Dosseman, Britchi Mirela, Qais Tweissi, Daniel Case, from Wikimedia Commons under the licences credited on each image.

A tall carved sandstone façade with columns and an urn, framed by the walls of a narrow rock gorge in warm morning light. — Al-Khazneh, the Treasury, seen from the mouth of the Siq at Petra.

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A narrow, high-walled sandstone gorge with a pale floor curving between towering red and pink striped rock faces — The Siq, the kilometre-long gorge that is the main walking approach into Petra.

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A wide red-sand desert valley with steep sandstone and granite mountains rising from the flat floor under a clear sky. — Sandstone and granite massifs rising off the valley floor in Wadi Rum.

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Rock-cut tomb facades with doorways carved into pale sandstone cliffs above a sandy valley floor — Rock-cut tombs carved into the sandstone cliffs at Petra.

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The carved sandstone facade of the Treasury, with tall columns and a pediment, seen from below in a rose-red gorge — This photograph shows the carved sandstone facade of The Treasury (Al Khazneh) at Petra, a structure within Petra, Jordan.

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Two decorated camels rest on sandy ground before the rock-carved facade of Khaznat el- Faroun or Pharaoh's treasury, with people nearby. — The reader is looking at Khaznat el- Faroun or Pharaoh's treasury, a monument in Jordan, with camels and people in the foreground.

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A carved sandstone monument, Al-Khazneh (Treasury façade), is seen from above, with three people on a rocky ledge. — The reader is looking at Al-Khazneh (Treasury façade), a monument in Jordan, from an upper view.

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A narrow canyon with high sandstone walls features carved structures and former Nabataean dwellings on both sides under an overcast sky. — This photograph shows former Nabataean dwellings carved into the side of the canyon at Little Petra, Jordan.

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