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Petra is a symbol of Jordan. People visit Petra either by foot , horseback or horse - cart through a cleft in the rock, called siq or siqit, winding around for 1.5 km. Petra, one of the most spectacular sites in Middle East famous as the ` rose-red city half as old as time` , is remains of 9,000-year-old city haft-build, haft-carved into the solid rock to create temples, tombs, elaborate building, the High Place of Sacrifice, the Roman theater, the Monastery, water conduit system,.. Petra became a wealthy crossroads between Arabia, Assyria, Egypt, Greece and Rome. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. UNESCO has described it as `one of the most precious cultural properties of man`s cultural heritage`