Positioned at the end of the Siq, the dramatic relief feels like a Hollywood moment. As the national symbol of Jordan, it is recognizable to most who visit Petra. Known as the Al Khazna in Arabic ...

Deep within Jordan’s desolate desert canyons ... the narrow wadi known as the Siq, along which Burckhardt himself had arrived in Petra, was formed by the torrent of water released after Moses ...

Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the towering edifice of Al Khazna, or the Treasury, carved from rosy-hued sandstone. For many tourists ...