The Obelisk Tomb

The Obelisk Tomb and Bab as-Siq triclinium: the Egyptian-style pyramids before the Siq.

The Obelisk Tomb, on the path before the Siq, is crowned by four pyramidal obelisks in an Egyptian style that hints at the Nabataeans' trading world. A two-bench triclinium below was for ritual feasts.

It is one of the first carved monuments you meet. Travellers who hire car & driver in Jordan stop here on the walk in, and full package tours to Jordan use it to set the scene.

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