The Street of Facades

After the viewing the Treasury, we come next to the Street of Facades, which is lined with tall, impressive tombs, with large facades or false faces on their fronts. This street eventually leads us down into the heart of the city proper.

Some of the facades are badly damaged, and flood deposits have filled many of them with mud. wall of tombs Some of the canyon walls are lined with dozens of smaller tombs for the not-so-rich. Over the years the wind has done strange things to the tombs and caves along the roadway.
 

The caves of Petra are a wonderful place to explore and enjoy the wonders of God's creations, along with the ingeniousness of man.

Across from the Street of Facades are tombs high on the mountain. You can scramble up the mountain at a place across from the stairs up to the High Place, or you can approach this area from the Urn Tomb.

	Click to enlarge