A 1st-century AD palace that’s still under excavation.


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2. Pharaun Column

0.12 MILES

A good landmark and the lone surviving column of a Nabataean temple.

3. Upper Temenos

0.14 MILES

It is worth climbing to the upper part of the Great Temple to gain a sense of the enormity of a structure that would once have occupied 7000 sq m. It is…

4. Broken Pediment Tomb

0.17 MILES

Erosion has left only a weathered 'keyhole' in the facade of this tomb, accessed via stone steps.

5. Great Temple

0.17 MILES

A major Nabataean temple of the 1st century BCE, this structure was badly damaged by an earthquake not long after it was built, but it remained in use …

6. Upper Market

0.17 MILES

Shops would have lined the Colonnaded Street along the front side of this colossal and as yet unexcavated building.

8. Middle Market

0.18 MILES

It is likely that the shops of the upper market would have continued along this portion of the Colonnaded Street.