Al-Khazneh, Petra’s celebrated Treasury façade

A self-paced learning trail

Understand an ancient place

Evidence, construction, religious meaning and the changing life of a ruin.

Photo creditGraham Racher from London, UK derivative work: MrPanyGoff · CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized for display.

Five chapters. A different way of seeing.

  1. Chapter 1

    The work behind a wonder

    A human way to read ambitious architecture.

  2. Chapter 2

    The life of a ruin

    Construction, change, excavation and conservation in one place.

  3. Chapter 3

    Reading a sacred space

    Architecture, movement and continuing meaning.

  4. Chapter 4

    A place can have many stories

    Read different kinds of evidence without losing the place itself.

  5. Chapter 5

    Stonehenge was a construction project

    The organisation and craftsmanship behind the famous circle.

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