True or False Quiz
1.Petra was chosen as the capital of the Nabateans because it was located in a valley surrounded by sandstone mountains.
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2.The main entrance to Petra is called the doq.
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3. Petra was lost to the Western world until John Lewis Burckhardt tricked his Bedouin guides into leading him there in 1813.
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4. The name of Kazneh means "treasure" and comes from the Bedouin belief. A large earthquake in 363 A.D. destroyed at least quarter of the city.
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5.The Monastery is the largest tomb facade in Petra, measuring 50 m wide and 30 m high
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6. Scholars debate that the designers and builders of the tombs of Petra were probably the product of local workers and artisans brought in from Alexandria and Rome.
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