Petra

Petra plays a big role in Left Behind: The Kids. Many characters go there, because it is the safe haven. Carpathia cannot hurt them there, because God protects them. Here is some history behind the famous city.

In Petra there are hundreds of buildings, caves, and tombs. The city is very unusual because of the buildings that are cut into the mountains close to the Arabian Desert. In the sixth century B.C. Petra was a fortress and the capital of Nabataean. The Romans conquered the city of Petra in 106 A.D. Some of the people of Nabataean were experts at water technology. The Nabataeans composed tunnels and water chambers. A lot of people believe that in the Bible it talks about Petra when it says the people of God will “flee to the mountains” when it comes to the end of time. Today lots of people go to visit Petra, Jordan’s most famous tourist attraction.

The treasury of Petra

 

The passage to Petra