Photo by Libbey and Hoskins 



Gorge of the Sik or Entrance to Petra 



W'here the rift widens out and makes a sharp bend to the left. Every person and every- 

 thing entering the city — which numbered several hundred thousand inhabitants — was obliged 

 to pass through this defile, which is nearly 2 miles long. Afterward, when the Romans came, 

 they built two military roads over the mountains down to the city 



