The Palace Tomb

The Palace Tomb: Petra's largest facade, a three-storey Roman-style palace in rock.

The Palace Tomb is the grandest of the Royal Tombs — a three-storey facade imitating a Roman palace, its columns and doorways stacked up the cliff face in a display of Nabataean ambition.

The forecourt is a lovely picnic shade. Travellers who hire car & driver in Jordan include it on the loop, and full package tours to Jordan explain its Roman echoes.

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