Wadi Sabra (river)
Wadi Sabra, is a canyon[1] wadi in Jordan noted for its ruins.
The Wadi has several unexcavated tombs and houses. There is also ruins of a theater, a Nabataean sanctuary and Bronze Age petroglyphs along its walls.[2] The Wadi is 8 kilometers south of Petra.
The first European to the wadi was the Frenchman L. de Laborde, who reached Wadi Sabra in 1828.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Geomorphological characterization of the Wadi Sabra valley system..
- ^ Wadi Sabra from 2008 to 2013.
- ^ Wadi Sabra, Thursday, May 13, 2010.
External links
[edit]- Archive photos of Wadi Sabra at the Manar al-Athar photo archive