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"? Alfred Lord Tennyson Percy Bysshe Shelley William Blake John William Burgon

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

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? Jordan Egypt Israel Lebanon

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

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? Broken Pediment Tomb The Al-zantur House Lion Fountain The Treasury

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

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

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? AD 345 AD129 AD 70 AD299

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