This great episode covers treasures 49 to 55 - Petra, Jordan; The Holy Land Mosaic in Madaba, Jordan; The Temple Mount in Jerusalem, The Stela at Axum, Ethiopia, and The Miracle of Mary and Rock Churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Some treasures are well known but there are a few obscure but astonishing stuff.
Segment 1 (7:30 min) Petra, Treasure 49, is an archaeological site in Jordan in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It is renowned for its rock-cut architecture. Petra is also one of the new wonders of the world. The Nabateans constructed it as their capital city around 100 BC. The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced to the West by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. In 1985, Petra was designated a World Heritage Site.
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