Ad Deir, the Monastery, is the largest carved monument at Petra, measuring 50 meters wide and 45 meters tall. Located high in the mountains above the main
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Ad Deir, the Monastery, is the largest carved monument at Petra, measuring 50 meters wide and 45 meters tall. Located high in the mountains above the main city, this enormous rock-cut facade was likely built in the 1st century BCE as a temple or royal tomb. The scale of the subtractive carving required to create it from the living rock is staggering.
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