1. Petra, Jordan
City of Petra in Jordan is known as the setting of the film, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It's also one of the 7 new wonders of the world, and very easy to see why the architecture is among the most sophisticated ever seen. Built into the slope of Mount Hor, Petra flourished during the Roman era, but it is unknown by the western world until 1812 when it was discovered by Swiss explorer, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. More than 800 individual monuments can be seen in Petra, including the cemetery, where bathing, space funerals and temple.
2. Al-Hijr, Saudi Arabia
City of Petra in Jordan is known as the setting of the film, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It's also one of the 7 new wonders of the world, and very easy to see why the architecture is among the most sophisticated ever seen. Built into the slope of Mount Hor, Petra flourished during the Roman era, but it is unknown by the western world until 1812 when it was discovered by Swiss explorer, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. More than 800 individual monuments can be seen in Petra, including the cemetery, where bathing, space funerals and temple.
2. Al-Hijr, Saudi Arabia