Petra

Petra

Lawrence Technological University

December 5, 2016

Allen, Will (photograph)

Single built works

2015

Jordan (nation)

Petra (deserted settlement)

Nabatean

artificial water channels

Detail view of water channel carved into the canyon wall of the Siq in Petra, Jordan. "A water channel has been cut into the foot of the cliff on the left-hand side and passes directly beneath the base of the abutment of the arch and continues for the whole way through the Siq. The flat, vertical surface of the rock was first cut into and then the base of this excavation was carved to form a neat, wide channel. Its descent is consistent with the fall of the ground as it goes down steeply into the gorge"--Petra by Iain Browning, London: Chatto & Windus, 1989.

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