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Location:

  • Jordan, Wādī Mūsá
  • geo:30.330629,35.444523
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 475~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=31446

Annotations

The large triple-aisled Petra Church was probably built in the second half of the fifth century AD, and destroyed by a fire or an earthquake in the middle of the sixth century AD. This church was discovered quite recently, in 1990 Kenneth W. Russell discovered the remains of the church with mosaic floors, marble screens. The basilica was destroyed by a fire, probably in the early 7th century.

In the storeroom adjacent to the basilica was an archive, which housed 152 scrolls, papyri recorded different transaction.

Sources:

  1. Patricia Maynor Bikai, "The Churches of Byzantine Petra". Near Eastern Archaeology. 65 (4): 2002,  271–276.
  2. https://nabataea.net/explore/petra/petra-churches-1/

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, Baptystery at the Byzantine Church

Petra - The Byzantine Church - Baptistery.

Petra, Blue Chapel

Petra, Blue Chapel.

Petra, Ridge Church

Ridge Church.


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