Obelisk Tomb

"Between the Petra Visitor Centre and the entrance to the Siq (south side of the path), there is a fine tomb with four pyramidal obelisks, built as funerary symbols by the Nabataeans in the 1st century BC." Full review

"they act like totems of this once-hallowed ground." Full review

"There is more to Petra than its iconic Treasury building and the winding Siq leading to it. Known as the Vegas of its time, crowds still converge to marvel at the ancient tombs, temples,..." Full review

"On a terrace stand two obelisks hewed from the bedrock, examples of a common method of representing deities in the ancient Near East." Full review