The Adventures of Kerri & Matt

Petra is mostly old tombs.

Some of them don’t look that great anymore but you wouldn’t either after thousands of years.

The ones that are deeply recessed into the walls held up better than the ones near the front.

Most of them were carved into the walls, which is why they survived the earthquakes. So most of the damage is erosion.

But the very top of this one was built out of stone.

This tomb was on the way to the canyon and much more exposed. It is also missing the steps and instead has pyramids on the top.

You can see the steps here a bit better. Moreover you can see the cool rock that they carved into.

The stone is really pretty and colourful.

Especially the swirly bits.

Lots and lots of swirly bits.

On the inside it was carved with a texture like this.

Many of the tombs have stairways at the top for the dead to take to the afterlife. Of course if you could get there with stairs I don’t know why you would have to be dead first, and if you don’t need stairs what’s the point in carving stairs halfway?

This one was really deeply recessed with a tiny door to nowhere.

The less rich people had to cram simpler tombs into whatever bit of canyon was left.

It looks really crowded, but how much space do dead people need?

The even poorer people had caves that were barely decorated. And they are full of camels. Probably not back then though.

This is the inside of one of the tiny tombs with holes for the bodies.

All the tombs in the canyon made a very pretty view.