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Surroundings:

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Location:

  • Jordan, Wādī Mūsá
  • geo:30.320833,35.445
  • Location ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

  • 75~ / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=31561

Annotations

The Tomb of the Soldier, also called the Tomb of the Roman Soldier, is a rock cut tomb complex in Wadi Farasa, on the southeastern outskirts of the city center of Petra.

Sources:

  1. Stephan G. Schmid, Kreuzritteralltag in Petra - Das Beispiel des Wadi Farasa, In: Die Kreuzzüge. Petra - Eine Spurensuche, Rubikon 2006, pp. 45 - 59.
  2. Wadeson, Lucy , "NABATAEAN TOMB COMPLEXES AT PETRA: New Insights in the Light of Recent Fieldwork" ,  Proceedings of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies. 32: 2011, pp 1–24.
  3. https://universes.art/en/art-destinations/jordan/petra/wadi-farasa/roman-soldier-complex
  4. "Roman Soldier's Tomb", https://madainproject.com/roman_soldier_tomb

Relevant museums

Petra, Archaeological Museum

Petra, Archaeological Museum

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.

Archeologisch museum van Amman

Het oude archeologische museum van Jordanië.


Nearby

Petra, Obodas Chapel

Nabatean sanctuary.

Petra, Garden Tomb - Garden Temple

Wadi Farasa. Garden Triclinium.

Petra, Renaissance Tomb

Renaissance Tomb.


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