(Πέτρα/Pétra, 'rock')
[1] Capital of the Nabataean Empire
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Capital of the Nabataean kingdom (Nabataei) in Edom, about 80 km to the south of the Dead Sea in the Wādı̄ Mūsā (in modern Jordan). The city is first mentioned by Diodorus [18] under the name P…