Petra Jordan - the modern city

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This is the modern town of Petra located on the rolling hills just outside of the rocky canyons where the ruins of ancient Petra can be found and explored. Notice the rocky mountains in the background of the photo below. That is where Petra is.

There is a spring in town they claim was the very place Moses smote the rock and water gushed forth. We didn't get a picture of it.

This is Mount Hor, where Aaron the brother of Moses was buried. There is a white monument on the highest peak. This area is where Moses came after he fled Egypt. It is where he met his wife and had his children.