Title: Virtual Tour (360)

Credits: 360 panorama from top of the Roman Theater in Petra, Jordan; by Sitoo; source https://www.flickr.com/photos/sitoo/46957108072/in/photostream/; licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Scene 01 Roman Theater in Petra

Credits: by Dennis Jarvis (Author); source https://www.flickr.com/photos/archer10/2217656028/in/photostream/; licence CC BY-SA 2.0

[Image: High Place of Sacrifice]

Scene 02 Tomb Soldier

Credits: panorama_tomb_soldier; by Sitoo; source https://www.flickr.com/photos/sitoo/46284842524/; licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Credits: by Michael Gunther (Author); 2014; source https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roman_Soldier_Tomb_Facade_Petra_Jordan1410.jpg; licence CC BY-SA 3.0

[Image: Façade of the Roman Soldier Tomb in Petra]

Credits: Petra Theater; by Douglas Perkins; source https://www.flickr.com/photos/13595158@N00/286630893/; licence CC BY 2.0

Petra, Jordan

Credits: by David Bjorgen (Author); source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Theater_Stage.jpg; licence CC BY-SA 2.5

[Image: Theater Stage]

Petra Theater

Credits: by wikipedia (Author); source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_Theater; licence CC BY-SA 4.0

The theater was built in the cultural and political apex of the Nabataean kingdom under Aretas IV (9 BC-40 AD) where large scale civic construction projects in Petra and other important Nabataean trading cities in Hijaz and the Negev took place. It is said that the theater-building activities of Herod the Great may have urged the Nabataean king to follow lead. The massive theater with its large capacity was positioned to bring the greatest number of tombs within view.

Although Roman in design, being carved out opposed to being built is characteristically distinctive Nabataean style and not a Roman manner. The floral capitals of the theater are also distinctively Nabataean artistic element. Minor alterations of the theater were made by Aretas son Malichus II and later on the Romans who re-built the exterior wall.

Credits: by Zahi Shaked (Author); source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlexhg-9Vf8