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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, Jorge Láscar from Australia, Lama Sakhnini, Ankur P, 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 paved floor curving between towering 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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A narrow path winds through a deep gorge with tall, layered sandstone walls under a bright sky, with a small tree growing from the left wall. — The Siq, the main entrance to Petra, is a narrow gorge with high sandstone walls and a path leading through it.

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A large, ornate facade carved into reddish sandstone, featuring tall columns with decorative capitals, a pediment, and a circular structure, viewed from a low angle. — 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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