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David Harris

Long known for its grand mausoleums and mortuary temples, Petra also houses many smaller, less-imposing monuments, including the simple, block-like tombs that line the city’s Street of Facades. Dating around the first century A.D., these anonymous, functional, burial chambers look like an ancient apartment building for the dead. A few of the burial chambers have rounded roofs, and many are marked with a simple crow-step pattern.