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Petra

Another filming location of a tourist attraction is Petra. The word Petra itself comes from the Greek meaning stone, a symbol of engineering and protection. This word refers to the city build made of stones in the Wadi Araba. Petra a city in Jordan that founded by chiseling stone walls. The city was founded by digging and carving stone cliffs as high as 40 meters. Petra was the capital of the Nabatean kingdom. The city was founded in 9 BC -40 BC by King Aretas IV. This city Was famous as the city that was difficult to penetrate by their enemy, also famous for the most secure city from natural disasters such as sandstorms.

Petra is an archaeological site, with the  hilly  topography, and there are mountains as high as 1350 meters above sea level. There is also the highest place called Mount harun or mountain harun, also call Mount Hor or El-Barra. The tourists believe that on top of this mountain harun prophet died and was buried by the prophet Moses. If you are a fan of transformers, of course you have ever watched the scene where the battle of  the septicon  and Autobot happened from the Revenge of the fallen. Because you have witnessed the scene, you must be familiar with the sights of Petra.

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