Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
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Johann Ludwig Burckhardt was a Swiss traveller, geographer, and Orientalist. Burckhardt assumed the alias Sheikh Ibrahim Ibn Abdallah during his travels in Arabia. He wrote his letters in French and s
The treasury building at Petra
Petra
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Petra, originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu, is an ancient city and archaeological site in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit systems, Petra is also called
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
…Louis. He is best known for rediscovering two of the world's most famous examples of rock-cut architecture – the ruins of the ancient Nabataean city of Petra in Jordan and the temples of Abu Simbel in Egypt. Burckhardt was born on 24 November 1784 in Lausanne, Switzerland to a wealthy Basel family of silk…
Al Deir Petra
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Cliffs near Petra, View over Wadi Arabah