Nabatean Tombs, 70 A.D., 1st Century A.D., carved stone

Whole artwork view. Panoramic view of the Petra Nabatean tombs with the Urn Tomb; carved into the foot of al-Khubtha mountain, are the so-called 'Royal Tombs'; it is generally agreed that they are tombs, while the designation 'royal' comes only from their grandeur; the Urn Tomb is named from the small urn at the top of the pediment; the façade is tall and its terrace supported by two rows of doric vaults which emphasise its height; dated to the first half of the first century A. D. , it could have been the tomb of Malichus II who died in A. D. 70, or perhaps of his predecessor, Aretas IV, some thirty years earlier. Royal Tombs, Petra, Petra, Jordan