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Location

  • Jordan, Wādī Mūsá
  • geo:30.33036,35.442539

Period or year

  • 1~ / unknown

Classification

  • temple
  • Visible

Petra, Winged Lions Temple

data access 31441

The Temple of the Winged Lions was a Nabataean cult complex on the northwestern slope of the Wadi Musa, in the prominent place with the "Great Temple" opposite. Temple dated to the reign of King Aretas IV (9 BC–40 AD) and was eventually destroyed in the massive earthquake of 362 AD.

Sources:

  1. https://universes.art/en/art-destinations/jordan/petra/winged-lions-temple
  2. https://acorjordan.org/twlcrm-initiative/history-twl-site/
  3. Petra: Temple of the Winged Lions. By Pauline Piraud-Fournet and Jack Green.    https://www.academia.edu/44534913/Petra_Temple_of_the_Winged_Lions

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2016-12-21) , last updated by p. jeffries (2026-04-14), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/31441
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta and Jeffries, P. (2026) Petra, Winged Lions Temple. Vici.org: archaeological atlas of antiquity. https://vici.org/vici/31441, accessed 2026-11-14.