The Treasury

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The Treasury is an iconic rock-cut temple façade in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, renowned for its elaborate Hellenistic architecture carved into rose-red sandstone cliffs.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Treasury canonical 3
Outer Treasury 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
rock-cut monument ⓘ
temple façade ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessedVia Siq (Petra) ⓘ
linked to: Petra
alsoKnownAs Al-Khazneh ⓘ
The Treasury at Petra ⓘ
approximateDate early 1st century CE ⓘ
architecturalStyle Hellenistic architecture ⓘ
associatedLegend treasure hidden in the urn ⓘ
builtBy Nabataeans ⓘ
linked to: Nabataean
carvedInto sandstone cliff ⓘ
conservationIssue damage from weathering and tourism ⓘ
erosion of sandstone ⓘ
constructionPeriod 1st century BCE ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Jordan ⓘ
culture Nabataean ⓘ
decorativeInfluence Greek architecture ⓘ
Near Eastern traditions ⓘ
Roman architecture ⓘ
elevation approximately 800 meters above sea level ⓘ
façadeHeight approximately 39 meters ⓘ
façadeWidth approximately 25 meters ⓘ
feature Corinthian columns ⓘ
broken pediments ⓘ
central tholos ⓘ
elaborate sculptural decoration ⓘ
two-story façade ⓘ
urn crowning the central tholos ⓘ
featuredIn popular films ⓘ
featuredOn Jordanian tourism materials ⓘ
function monumental tomb ⓘ
royal mausoleum ⓘ
heritageSiteOf UNESCO World Heritage Site Petra ⓘ
linked to: Petra
inscriptionStatus no major inscriptions on façade ⓘ
locatedIn Ma'an Governorate ⓘ
linked to: Ma’an Governorate

Petra ⓘ
materialUsed rose-red sandstone ⓘ
nativeName الخزنة ⓘ
nearbySite Royal Tombs (Petra) ⓘ
Street of Facades (Petra) ⓘ
linked to: Petra
partOf ancient city of Petra ⓘ
linked to: Petra
positionInSite at the end of the Siq gorge ⓘ
significance one of Jordan's most famous landmarks ⓘ
symbol of Petra ⓘ
touristActivity photography spot ⓘ
viewed from ground-level plaza ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1985 (as part of Petra) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Petra → knownFor → The Treasury ⓘ
Second Courtyard → hasStructure → Outer Treasury ⓘ
linked to: The Treasury
Royal Palace → hasPart → The Treasury ⓘ
Al-Khazneh → alsoKnownAs → The Treasury ⓘ
subject linked to: Al-Khazneh (The Treasury)