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Jordan-Petra

The Royal Tombs, the series of large tomb facades carved out of the west face of Al-Khubta mountain. Weathering of the sandstone gives Petra its characteristic shapes and colours, but the chemistry that decks Petra’s ancient sandstone monuments in red, sulphur and orange hues is also secretly, grain by grain, dissolving this ancient wonder. Bone-stripping desert winds, rain and flash floods, scorching sun, teeming tourists and modern development add their weight to the erosion.

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Jordan, Petra, Jordan archeology
The Royal Tombs, the series of large tomb facades carved out of the west face of Al-Khubta mountain. Weathering of the sandstone gives Petra its characteristic shapes and colours, but the chemistry that decks Petra’s ancient sandstone monuments in red, sulphur and orange hues is also secretly, grain by grain, dissolving this ancient wonder. Bone-stripping desert winds, rain and flash floods, scorching sun, teeming tourists and modern development add their weight to the erosion.