The Treasury I dead sea a mural of a cup

a mural of a cup of Jameed to go

As the sun dips below the horizon

In the Byzantine era

The most delicious of all Katayef

Amidst Lebanon's pines and flowers

The Treasury I dead sea a mural of a cupPetra (Arabic: , romanized: Al Batra; Greek: , "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqm (Nabataean: or , *Raqm), is a historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduit system, Petra is also called the "Rose City" because of the colour of the sandstone from which it is carved; it was famously called "a rose red city half as old as time" in a poem of 1845 by John Burgon. It