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"The Treasury" redirects here, for other uses see The Treasury (disambiguation)
The Treasury (disambiguation)

The Treasury can refer to*Al Khazneh, the famous building at Petra known in English as the treasury*A retailer named The Treasury *The New Zealand Treasury...


Al Khazneh ("The Treasury"; ) is one of the most elaborate buildings in the ancient Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
ian city of Petra
Petra

Petra is an Archaeology site in the Arabah, Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, lying on the slope of Mount Hor in a Depression among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah , the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba....
. As with most of the other buildings in this ancient town, the structure was carved out of a sandstone rock face.






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"The Treasury" redirects here, for other uses see The Treasury (disambiguation)
The Treasury (disambiguation)

The Treasury can refer to*Al Khazneh, the famous building at Petra known in English as the treasury*A retailer named The Treasury *The New Zealand Treasury...


Khazneh
Al Khazneh ("The Treasury"; ) is one of the most elaborate buildings in the ancient Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
ian city of Petra
Petra

Petra is an Archaeology site in the Arabah, Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, lying on the slope of Mount Hor in a Depression among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah , the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba....
. As with most of the other buildings in this ancient town, the structure was carved out of a sandstone rock face. It has classical Greek
Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
-influenced architecture, and it is a popular tourist attraction.

It is unknown as to why Al Khazneh was originally built, probably between 100 BC and 200 AD. Its Arabic name Treasury derives from a legend that bandits or pirates hid their loot in a stone urn
URN

URN is a three letter acronym which may represent:*Uniform Resource Name, a subset of URI*University Radio Nottingham, a university radio station in Nottingham, England...
 high on the second level. Significant damage from bullets can be seen on the urn. Local lore attributes this to Bedouin
Bedouin

The Bedouin, , are predominantly Muslim, desert-dwelling Arab nomadic pastoralist, or previously nomadic group, found throughout most of the desert belt extending from the Atlantic coast of the Sahara via the Western Desert , Sinai Peninsula, and Negev to the Arabian Desert....
s, who are said to have shot at the urn in hopes of breaking it open and spilling out the "treasure" within (the decorative urn however, is solid sandstone
Sandstone

Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock Particle size . Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust ....
). Many of the building's architectural details have eroded away during the two thousand years since it was carved and sculpted from the cliff.

There are burial chambers on either side of a ramp (not shown in the image to the right) which were excavated in 2003.

In popular film


The Treasury has appeared in many Hollywood movies, but has gained more fame in the populare 1989
1989 in film

Events* "Batman " is released on June 23rd, and went on to become the biggest blockbuster of the year; Grossing over $250 million at the box office....
 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 American adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas....
, in which it represented as the fictional entrance to the final resting place of the Holy Grail
Holy Grail

According to Christian mythology, the Holy Grail was the dish, plate, or cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper, said to possess miraculous powers....
 near Hatay
Hatay

Hatay is refers to the following places in Turkey:* Hatay Province, Turkey* Antakya is the capital city of Hatay Province, Turkey* Republic of Hatay, between 1938–1939....
. The movie Spyhunter
SpyHunter

SpyHunter is a proprietary computer program developed by Enigma Software Group that detects and removes software determined to be spyware or adware....
 depicted it as the façade of a rocket launch facility.

See also


  • Petra
    Petra

    Petra is an Archaeology site in the Arabah, Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, lying on the slope of Mount Hor in a Depression among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah , the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba....
  • Siq
    Siq

    al-Siq is the main entrance to the ancient city of Petra in southern Jordan. The dim, narrow gorge winds its way approximately one mile and ends at Petra's most elaborate ruin, Al Khazneh ....