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Al Khazneh (The Treasury) (Arabic: الخزنة) is one of the most elaborate buildings in the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. As with most of the other buildings in this ancient town, the structure was carved out of a sandstone rock face. Its classical Roman-influenced architecture has made it a popular tourist attraction. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (600x800, 123 KB) The Khazneh, old city Petra, Jordania Khazneh w Petrze, Jordania File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Al Khazneh...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (600x800, 123 KB) The Khazneh, old city Petra, Jordania Khazneh w Petrze, Jordania File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Al Khazneh...
Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ...
Petra (from petra, rock in Greek; Arabic: البتراء, Al-ButrÄ) is an archaeological site in Jordan, lying in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. ...
Roman or Romans may refer to: A thing or person of or from the city of Rome. ...
Al Khazneh was originally built as a royal tomb, probably between 100 BC and 200 AD.[1] Its Arabic name Treasury derives from a legend that bandits or pirates hid their loot in a stone urn high on the second level. Significant damage from bullets can be seen on the urn. Local lore attributes this to Bedouins, who are said to have shot at the urn in hopes of breaking it open and spilling out the "treasure" within (the decorative urn however, is solid sandstone). Many of the building's architectural details have eroded away during the two thousand years since it was carved and sculpted from the cliff. Religious unrest in the area during recent years has reportedly resulted in further damage to the site. Look up pirate and piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
In popular film The unusual structure has appeared in fictional Hollywood movies such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in which it represented the entrance to the final resting place of the Holy Grail. The movie Spyhunter depicted it as the facade of a rocket launch facility. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover, Alison Doody, River Phoenix, and John Rhys-Davies. ...
For historical artifacts associated with the cup of the Last Supper, see Holy Chalice. ...
Spy Hunter is a 1983 arcade game developed and released by Bally Midway. ...
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