Petra 1

I spent most of the day trekking about 5-6 miles through Petra - one of the 7 ancient wonders of the world built by the Nabateans beginning in 100 BC reeaching its apex in about 100 AD & featured in "Raiders of the lost Ark". Petra has been on my "bucket list" for decades. It was everything I expected & more!
Top pic is of me at the end of the .65 mile long "siq" (narrow & deep cleft in mountains) leading to city. That is the famous "Treasury" in the background.
Middle pic is of the Treasury - one of the largest "structures" in Petra. It is really a royal tomb noted for the urn at its top center which has been almost totally destroyed by people shooting at it thinking it was filled with gold!
Bottom pic is of me with a friend I met - that is the Treasury in background.

Petra 2

Most of the carved structures in Petra were tombs. The most magnificent ones are the royal tombs shown in the above pics.
There are large, impressive "banquet halls" but none have the beautiful exterior carvings seen on the royal tombs.
It is believed that both the royal & common citizens of Petra lived in wooden structures in the large open areas of Petra.

Petra 3

Top pic is of some of the common tombs found in Petra - exteriors are not nearly as ornate as the royal tombs.
Center pic is of the large amphitheater in Petra - built by the Romans that seats 875. Note rear-center where the Romans carved out some of the exterior common tombs to make room for more seating.
At the end of Petra "city" you can hike up 900+ steep steps carved into the rock to the top of a mountain and see a single structure called the "monastery". It is the largest structure in Petra - bottom pic. For scale - note the person at bottom center. It is huge & I think more impressive than the Treasury. Worth the difficult upward trek!

Little Petra

About 12 miles from Petra is an area called "Little Petra". Like Petra, it is accessed by a narrow siq. It has few "structures" & was passed through by most silk road caravans on their way to Petra where they would request permission to enter Petra & probably pay tribute to the Nabatean kings.
There are 2 major structures in Little Petra - the most impressive being the banquet hall shown in above pic. This is the only Nabatean structure with preserved Nabatean frescoes - really impressive. Other structure in Little Petra are primarily lesser banquet rooms & cisterns. There are no known tombs here.