Memorials/Monuments in Petra

Sights Overview

Name	Category	Location

Broken Pediment Tomb One of a series of facades carved into the western face of Jabal...	Archaeological Sites, Memorials / Monuments	Petra

Corinthian Tomb Set among some of Petra's finest tombs is one named for the large...	Archaeological Sites, Memorials / Monuments	Petra

Obelisk Tomb This upper story of a two-story tomb is named for the four freestanding...	Archaeological Sites, Memorials / Monuments	Petra

Palace Tomb This unfinished tomb is one of the few in Petra not carved entirely...	Archaeological Sites, Memorials / Monuments	Petra

Renaissance Tomb This tomb, bearing a pediment with three urns, bears a close...	Archaeological Sites, Memorials / Monuments	Petra


Roman Soldier's Tomb The headless figure in the niche of this unusual tomb's facade...	Archaeological Sites, Memorials / Monuments	Petra

Silk Tomb The striations of natural color in the Silk Tomb's rock make...	Archaeological Sites, Memorials / Monuments	Petra

Snake Tomb No outward decoration marks this tomb, but 12 burial niches are...	Archaeological Sites, Memorials / Monuments	Petra

Tomb of Sextius Florentinus This is one of the few Petra monuments that can be dated with...	Archaeological Sites, Memorials / Monuments	Petra

Treasury The Siq opens suddenly onto Petra's most famous monument, known...	Archaeological Sites, Memorials / Monuments	Petra

Urn Tomb Named for the vaselike decoration at the top of its pediment...	Archaeological Sites, Memorials / Monuments	Petra
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