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

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Introduction:
"The ancient city of Petra is justifiably a World Heritage Site. This quiz is about this wonderful place."


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 Gorge
    Wadi Moussa
    The Djinn's Way
    The Siq


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


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


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


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 Treasury
    Lion Fountain
    Broken Pediment Tomb
    The Al-zantur House


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


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 High Place of Sacrifice
    The Corinthian Tomb
    The Carmine Facade
    The Monastery


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