Comments on: Lost City of the Giants

By: Ituakam

Ituakam — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 15:37:52 +0000

The true name of petra is BECCA and is the real birth place of Islam not the false mecca. Why? because the first temples of islam…the qibla pointed out to BECCA (Petra) not mecca. Im still reseaching it… I know that the temples (mosq) in spain and marroc have there qibla pointer in line with becca and mecca… but the oldest Temple (mosq) in china im not sure. I think the city of Petra was indeed a citynof giants. The entrances are very lage and it really does not make any sense to build it that way. the whole construction is based to serve the needs for very large people… giants. I think when the giants were gone, humans build their own constructions on top of the original buildings/floor.

By: Theodora

Theodora — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 01:27:29 +0000

In reply to james. It's 50 metres square, plus or minus.

By: james

james — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 00:16:46 +0000

how big is the main church?

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 04:54:38 +0000

This is an amazing heritage site. I mean how can someone be so good and carve that. It must take, like forever.

By: Theodora

Theodora — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 07:27:51 +0000

In reply to Alexandra.

Hi Alex, We used a local guide to show us the unusual routes in and out of Petra, but otherwise we did indie travel. I’d recommend hiring a car if you can because public transport connections really aren’t good, and you’d see a lot more if you can get out into the desert stretch of country. There’s a minimum period for car hire — I forget what it is — which is why we didn’t do that, but I’d thoroughly recommend exploring with your own wheels. It’s a low-hassle country by the standards of the Middle East. Theodora

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:21:54 +0000

We’re hoping to visit Jordan next March. Did you travel through the country on your own or did you use local guides to assist you? We aren’t sure how easy it is to tour the country on our own and any info of that nature would be fantastic!

By: Jesse Morrell

Jesse Morrell — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:51:04 +0000

I believe it really was made by giants and occupied by them. Only giants would need a door that big. They were descendents of the Nephilim, known as the Horim. They excavated dwellings out of the sandstone cliffs and mountains of Edom, especially Petra. In the Hebrew Scriptures, their name means cave dwellers.

By: Theodora

Theodora — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:25:39 +0000

In reply to Leigh. And thank you, Leigh.

By: Theodora

Theodora — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:48:13 +0000

In reply to Rachel. Thanks, Rachel. It is BLOODY HUGE. I'd recommend visiting it, as it is quite extraordinary...

By: Theodora

Theodora — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:12:08 +0000

In reply to Ainlay.

South America is under discussion, funnily enough. I’d like to. I’m also getting a bit obsessive about Africa…

IMHO, there’s not THAT much more to Jordan than Petra. So it’s worth doing for that — plus some nice Crusader castles — but the Dead Sea is better done from Israel, and Red Sea better done from Egypt.

Mind you, maybe I’m just jaded because I spent 5 sodding hours covering what might be 100k but certainly isn’t 100 miles, and was, in theory, 2 hours on the bus…