Petra, Jordan, 1998

Petra, Jordan, 1998

Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt

« Reclining on a rooftop carved two millennia ago, a Bedouin surveys the realm of the Nabataeans, whose ancient capital beckons from the sands of southern Jordan. Forgotten for centuries, Petra still echoes with mysteries of the past; this immense building, Al Deir (the Monastery), was probably a Nabataean shrine. »

—From « Petra: Ancient City of Stone, » December 1998, National Geographic magazine