While walking down the Street of Facades, a familiar smell from the yesteryears hit our noses. The smell of “dhuno” (frankincense)!! It is very commonly used during Durga Pujo in India (which incidentally just concluded). I think I smelt this for the first time after three and half decades.

The Theater could hold eight thousand people. The Nabataeans probably had a reasonably rich social life.

While walking down the Street of Facades, I noticed a cave up in the rocks and the roof of it looked very colorful. Went up there to check what was lending it the colors. Turned out it is the natural color of the rocks. (red sandstone, sandstone and other rocks).

You will see another picture of this in a much bigger scale later.

This is one tomb facade after another made in the rock faces…

The name is a bit misguiding. While the exact purpose is not known, it is believed to be a mausoleum. The bedouins, much later, found this place and assumes it had much treasure hidden inside it. And that is how it got the name. Imposing structure.