Famous "Lost" City of Petra, Jordan, Raiders of the Lost Ark




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Famous "Lost" City of Petra, Jordan, Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Check out the famous "lost" city of Petra, Jordan, where ancient buildings are carved into the rose-red sandstone. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was filmed here, and you can't help but feel like Indiana Jones as you explore it.

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Vagabonding

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Petra, Jordan, Raiders, Lost, Ark, City, Ancient, archeology, rose, red, sandstone,

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