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Artistic representation by Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos
This illustration was created for ACOR's  North Ridge Project which is under the direction of Patricia M. Bikai. The most recent results of t project were presented at a conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan in Sydney, Australia (July 2001).
This is an artistic bird's eye view of Petra's city center as it would have appeared during the Islamic era. The view is from the north, with the spectator just above the North Ridge, a naturally fortified summit which, during the Nabataean and Roman eras, had a military character.  The Qasr el Bint and the
Temple of the Winged Lions appear, partially collapsed, in the upper left corner. In the foreground is the Ridge Church, against the Byzantine fortification wall and a tower-like structure attached to the latter. The ruins of the Blue Chapel appear in the lower left corner. Wadi Turkmenyieh, the back door to the city -- the main entrace being the Siq-- is on the righthand side of the frame. Churches are shown as still standing, while supposedly, the city is abandoned. In this era, a remnant population that lived among the ruins of the deserted city, looted Nabataean tombs for gold and abandoned buildings for other valuable materials such as glass vessels, mosaic tesserae, lead and iron, which could be sold.
Islamic Petra
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This is an artistic bird's eye view of Petra's city center as it would have appeared during the Islamic era. The view is from the north, with the spectator just above the North Ridge, a naturally fortified summit which, during the Nabataean and Roman eras, had a military character.  The Qasr el Bint and the
Temple of the Winged Lions appear, partially collapsed, in the upper left corner. In the foreground is the Ridge Church, against the Byzantine fortification wall and a tower-like structure attached to the latter. The ruins of the Blue Chapel appear in the lower left corner. Wadi Turkmenyieh, the back door to the city -- the main entrace being the Siq-- is on the righthand side of the frame. Churches are shown as still standing, while supposedly, the city is abandoned. In this era, a remnant population that lived among the ruins of the deserted city, looted Nabataean tombs for gold and abandoned buildings for other valuable materials such as glass vessels, mosaic tesserae, lead and iron, which could be sold.
Artistic representation by Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos
This illustration was created for ACOR's  North Ridge Project which is under the direction of Patricia M. Bikai. The most recent results of t project were presented at a conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan in Sydney, Australia (July 2001).
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