The Jordan valley and Petra . t from side to side, andsurrounded with the same fantastic rocky tops thatappear everywhere above the Petra mass. At theright of the road as it enters this square, and on itslower side, stands the second great monument inPetra, called the Deir or monastery (photograph,p. 225). It is carved from the side of a mountain-top, but not protected by any overhanging is larger than the Treasury, being a hundred andfifty-one feet wide and a hundred and forty-twofeet high,1 but not nearly so fine in coloring or de-sign. It is impressive in its size, in its surround-i
The Jordan valley and Petra . t from side to side, andsurrounded with the same fantastic rocky tops thatappear everywhere above the Petra mass. At theright of the road as it enters this square, and on itslower side, stands the second great monument inPetra, called the Deir or monastery (photograph,p. 225). It is carved from the side of a mountain-top, but not protected by any overhanging is larger than the Treasury, being a hundred andfifty-one feet wide and a hundred and forty-twofeet high,1 but not nearly so fine in coloring or de-sign. It is impressive in its size, in its surround-ings, but it cannot be called beautiful. Stanleycompares it with a London church of the eigh-teenth century, massive, but in poor taste, andwith a somewhat debased style of the Treasury, it is in two stories, and sur-mounted by an urn and ball of stone. The fiveniches may once have contained statues, but thesedecorations, if they existed, evidently were notcarved from the native rock. 1 Hornsteins figures. *. 1 * ^ »?**- >v » IB
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