Petra - A Rose-Red City Half as Old as Time

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1. Who first called Petra "a rose-red city half as old as time"? John William Burgon William Blake Alfred Lord Tennyson Percy Bysshe Shelley

2. Usually, visitors will enter Petra through a long narrow winding gorge. What is this called? Wadi Moussa The Gorge The Siq The Djinn's Way

3. Who was the first Western explorer to reach Petra? Howard Carter Giovanni Battista Belzoni Gaston Maspero Johann Ludwig Burckhardt

4. In which modern-day country is Petra? Lebanon Israel Jordan Egypt

5. Who built the City? Nobody knows The Greeks Nabatean Arabs The Romans

6. On entering the City the modern-day visitor will be confronted by one of the most dramatic of all Petra's buildings. What is it called? The Al-zantur House Broken Pediment Tomb The Treasury Lion Fountain

7. Petra contains a spectacular semi-circular theatre. Who built it? The Romans The Greeks The Nabatean Arabs The Crusaders

8. When did the last permanent residents leave the ancient city? Early 19th century Around AD 100, when the kingdom collapsed Mid fifteenth century In the mid 1980's

9. Very few of the monuments at Petra can be dated with any certainty. The tomb of Sextius Florentius, however, is dated. When was it built? AD299 AD 345 AD129 AD 70

10. The most prodigious facade of all was built over 2,000 years ago. What is this building called? The Monastery The Carmine Facade The High Place of Sacrifice The Corinthian Tomb