Kuyinto edabukisayo ukuba akuyiyo yonke indawo yokuya kwindawo ehlala kuyo. Ezinye zivakhenkethi ezingaphezulu kunokuba ungalindela, kunye nabantu abathintekayo bazama ukukuthengisa ama-tchotkes angancinci ngexesha ngalinye. Ezinye zigcinwe kakuhle okanye zincinci kunokuba uzicingile, zonakalise umfanekiso wesimo owawube nawo ngaphambi kokufika kwakho. Ezinye iindawo zizodwa zixhoba ngokwabo ngaphezu kokunyaniseka, ukungaphumeleli ukufikelela kwimilinganiselo ephakamileyo kakhulu esibabekela yona ngaphambi kokuba sivakashele indawo.
Ndiyakwazi ukukuxelela ngokucacileyo ukuba uPetra akayena omnye wale ndawo, kungenxa yokuba kwakungenxa yokudakalisa kakhulu ukuba ndafunda ekuqaleni kweliveki ukuba indawo yasendulo ibonile ngokukhawuleza - kwaye idlulele - iindwendwe kwiindwendwe ezilandelayo emva kokuphazamiseka kwindawo.
Eyaziwa ngokuba yi "Rose-Red City" ngenxa yendlela ekhanya ngayo ekuseni, uPetra yindawo eyaziwayo yezinto zakudala ezifunyenwe ngaseJordan. Eyakhelwe ekupheleni kwe-slot canyon encinci, i-slot canyon, isixeko sasekuqaleni sasungulwa malunga ne-300 BC ukuba ibe yinkunzi yabakwa-Nabataeans, abantu base-Arabhu ababefudula bakhawuleza baqulunqa ubukumkani babo ngelo xesha. Indawo yayo ekhethekileyo yenza iPetra ukuba ilulale ukukhusela kwimikhosi ehlaselekileyo, kwaye ngaphezu kweminyaka leyo yakhula yaba yindawo enkulu ekhulayo, eya kuba yindawo yokuthengisa kuloo mmandla.
Kamva, amaRoma ayeza kuthatha ininzi yeMpuma-mpuma kummandla wawo, ehambisa uPetra kunye nayo.
Ngaphansi kolawulo lwamaRoma, iindlela zokurhweba zide zatshintsha ngokuphawulekayo, kwaye umzi wehlela ukuhla. Ukuzamazama komhlaba kwandipha amandla nakwiziseko zikaPetra, kwaye ngo-665 AD bekuye kwashiywa kuphela. Kwaye kwahlala inqwenela kubahambi abangama-Arabhu emva kweenkulungwane emva koko, kodwa kwakungeke kwaziwa ngokubanzi kwihlabathi lonke kude kube yinto efunyenwe nguSwitzerland u-Johann Ludwig Burckhardt ngo-1812.
Ukususela ngelo xesha, uPetra uye wavuya waza watyelela iindwendwe ezivela kwihlabathi lonke, ngokungaqhelekanga ukuba yi-Jordan indawo ethandwa kakhulu kwiindawo zokutyelela. Kuye kwasebenza njengemuva kwiifilimu ezidumileyo, kuquka ne- Indiana Jones kunye neNkqubela yokuQala kunye noTshintshi 2 . Imifanekiso yezakhiwo zamatye ezityebileyo ezifakwe kwiindonga zeenkonyane ziye zaba yizithonjana, ezenza enye yeendawo ezibonakalayo kakhulu emhlabeni. Kwaye ngo-1985 uPetra wachazwa ngeNdawo yeLifa leMveli le-UNESCO ngenxa yexabiso layo elixabisekileyo lemveli kunye neembali, ukwandisa ubungqina balo.
Kwiindwendwe ezihamba eYordan, uPetra ungenye yezo ndawo ungazifuni ukuzenza uphelelwe. Ukugqithisa nje i-canyon edele, eyaziwa ngokuba yiSiq-ekhokelela ekungeneni okusemgangathweni ngamava aya kushiya abahambahambayo abahamba ngeyona nto ehamba phambili. Kwaye xa i-canyon ivuleka ukuze ibonakalise ukuba khona kweNondyebo edumileyo, umangaliso kaPetra uqala ukuqala.
I-Nondyebo ibonakalisa uphawu lwePetra. Ingcwaba yamandulo eyayingowomntu ocebileyo owawuhlala kwisixeko. Iquka iintsika ezinqabileyo kunye neentlanzi eziqingqiweyo kunye neefrescoes ezidibanisa iimpembelelo ezivela kwinani lemiphakathi, kuquka amaYiputa, amaSiriya namaGrike.
Kuyinto ebangelwa yimpumputhe ukubona ukubona, kwaye omnye uyazibuza ukuba bekufanele ukuba ubenjani ngoBurhardhardt xa ekhubekile kule ndawo engaphezu kweminyaka engama-200 edlulileyo.
Ngenxa yeendwendwe ezininzi, uNondyebo nguPetra. Kodwa nje ngokuba udumileyo kwaye uyamangalisa njengoko eso sakhiwo, sisakhiwo esinye kwisakhiwo esikhulu esenza isixeko sonke. Abaninzi bayamangalisa ukubona ukuba iNondyebo ibonisa nje ukungena kwendawo yasendulo, apho baya kufumana amaninzi amaninzi, izindlu kunye nezakhiwo zonqulo. Kukho iirholo zomoya ezivulekileyo, iindawo zokuhlala zeelayibrari, kunye nezinye izakhiwo ukuhlola kwakhona. Kwaye abo abaneemilenze ezinamandla banokukhuphuka kwinqanaba elingaba ngu-800 +, elithatyathwa ngxondorha, ukuze bafike kwi-Monastery, esinye isakhiwo esidumileyo esichasene noNondyebo ngokwemigangatho yobukhulu.
Ukutyelela iPetra kufuna ubuncinane usuku olupheleleyo, ukuba alukho ngaphezulu. Abahambi bangathenga iimpasiso zombini okanye ezimbini iintsuku, kwaye ngelixa kunokwenzeka ukuba ubone indawo eninzi ngokuya, xa ixesha elide likuvumela ukuba wenze njalo ngokuhamba ngokukhawuleza. Ukuba nokuhamba kweentsuku ezimbini kunokunika ithuba lokufikelela kwi-Petra kwixesha leentsasa zokusa, ukuvumela ukuba ungene nangaphambi kokuba ilanga lifike. Ekuseni, njengoko ukukhanya kokuqala kokukhanya kuqala ukugqithisa kwi-Nondyebo, uya kuqonda ukuba kutheni kuthiwa yiSixeko soBomvu. Njengoko kukhanya kwemini kufika e-canyon, iindonga ze-sandstone kunye nezakhiwo zasendulo zithatha ukukhanya okubomvu okufudumele okubukeka kukuhle.
Njengoko kuthethwe ngaphambili, uPetra ungomnye walezo ndawo ezingaqhelekiyo ezihlala kwiindawo ezinqabileyo. Yindawo edibanisa imbali kunye nenkcubeko kwisimo sokumangalisa ngokwemvelo, ukuhambisa amava ohambo oluya kuhlala kunye nawe ukuze uphile. Kwaye, kuhamba kunye nantoni na endiyibonayo eYiputa, ilizwe eliyaziwayo ngemimangaliso yalo yamandulo.
Ukuba ukutyelela iPetra akulona uluhlu lwamabhakethi, kufuneka ukuba. Yindawo enokumangalisayo eya kukunika into enokukunika yona. Uya kwamkelwa kwakhona ngabantu abafudumele kunye nabamemeleyo baseJordan, okuya kuphucula kuphela amava.