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35/48.- Petra, the Silk Tomb

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After the visit to the Place of Sacrifice, we will visit some of the Royal Tombs. You will find them on the hill in front of the Theater.

One of them is the Aneisho Tomb, from the first century AD, probably built to bury the corpse of a minister of Queen Shaqilath II (AD 70-76).

Next to it, the Urn Tomb. It is thought to be the tomb of the king Malchus II. It dates from the first half of the first century AD.

The Silk Tomb, in the picture, is a smaller tomb. It has a beautiful facade where visitors can see the different colors of the layers of the mountain's rock.

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