THIS is What’s Inside The LOST CITY of Petra - Lost Ancient Civilizations 

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I think the ceilings are so high because the rooms actually contained a second storey made of wood (you can see the holes in the walls where the beams would've been inserted). You couldn't have such wide-open spaces with a thin stone floor because stone doesn't flex - it just snaps and collapses. So they used wood. At 7:18, if you look down the bottom centre of the image you can see a hole in the ground too - probably where a column would've been inserted.

Maybe they built the doors so large so the could carry couches in without issue

2000 years from now some archaeologist is gonna look at the Sears Tower and say "yep, that was a temple."

I backpacked Egypt, Israel, and Jordan for a couple of months after grad school: the pyramids were amazing, but Petra was astonishing. I climbed to the top of the wadi and took a picture: hundreds (thousands?) of homes carved into the rock ... the scale is literally mind-boggling. I'm sure the only reason it isn't one of the ancient wonders of the world is that it remained hidden for so long into modern times.

You have just shown me several thousand times more of Petra than all the documentaries I've ever watched put together. Thank you.

Whoever discovered this after being ‘lost’ must’ve been like “woah”

I grew up in Jordan, lived there for 10 years from 6 to 16 and I've visited Petra four times in that time period. It is absolutely gorgeous every single time I went. These pics don't do it justice.

The walls look just like the clouds of Jupiter

Here's my therory; In all of the rooms that were shown here was holes in the walls. We all know hat wood decays significantly faster than any stone. Think of this, if you gutted the interior of a multi-level home, the height between the floor and roof would look awfully puzzling. What if the holes in the walls held wooden beams and there were floors, with the lowest floors being a gathering/common area with a podium for speaking and/or entertainment? I think hat over the thousands of years the wood disintegrated and left us with just a shell of what was.

When they built it, were they in survival or creative mode?

the urn tomb - The tall ceiling and high doorway is all to do with ventilation, They burn incense and offerings to their gods and sang hymns, they placed the statues at the cut out areas. The smoke from burning incense and burnt offerings moves upward so as not to choke the worshipers and at the front entrance portion there are two high square window for the smoke and hot air to escape while cool air enters through the huge high doorway. Hot air ascends while cool air descends.

Where did all the excavated rock get moved to? That's a feat amongst itself!

Even today if you go 5,000 years in the future, they’ll probably think all we did was pray and find land to burry our dead. I also think they would assume McDonald’s is a church or place of worship, to have such importance in our society.

Dude, you need to start going out there and get videos for yourself. If you are truly passionate about this, going out there is a must!

As Jordanian (from Jordan, the same country in which Petra is nowadays) it is common knowledge that this site was built by the descendants of the people of Thamud, the ones who built the Mada'en Saleh site to the south of Petra in modern Saudi Arabia, the similarities are noticeable.

these ceiling is so high are made for hot air coming from outside to move up so inside of the rom will be a bit colder than outside

That “tomb” looks like a market of some sorts, the cut outs on the sides look like they could’ve had merchants set up inside of them

Honestly I think it's very simple as to the height of the rooms. @ 7:50 he talks about the height of the rooms. At this time if you pause you will see that there are holes in the walls above the arch and others around the room that ALL LINE UP. The square holes in the walls would most likely have been used to anchor support beams of wood which would be the strongest foundation for a SECOND FLOOR. There is no rust stained on any of the rocks so I would rule metal out, I think that allot of these rooms are tall because they are two story rooms. If you look at how high the rooms are with these holes in the wall it's almost halfway up. There is still a comfortable amount of space for a grown human on the second floor. I think this solves that. Some rooms didn't seem to have the holes for supports so I'm not going to say that all rooms have two floors but this one does. Probably a storage level or if it FLOODED the second level could be where the PEOPLE LIVED.

I just came back from Petra, I would say it’s way older than 2000 years old. There’s clear signs of severe water erosion throughout, but the bizarre thing is that there are different levels of erosion throughout the city, but the build quality seems to be the same. I couldn’t get my head around it. It’s a must see, make sure u do the horse ride across the tops, you definitely need more the one day to see the sight and Jordan is expensive. Prepare well before you go.

Love your analysis that every structure couldn’t be a temple or a tomb. The theatre is evidence people lived there, not just worked there to build it.

I visited Petra about 10 years ago. It’s crazy huge and the hike to the monastery was a killer. The young berbers all had the captain sparrow look from pirates of the Caribbeans. Kohl eyeliners, long black dreadlocks. The entrance to Petra by the way has chiseled camels and people with camels in the walls as if they were walking towards the treasury. They have been washed thinned by weather and time, but you can still make these out. Amazing work. Thanks for the video. It brought back memories.

Everything is always a tomb or a temple. 🤦‍♂️ I share your skepticism.

I agree, I believe sites like Petra are re-establishment settlements after a major cataclysm... very good vid.

I often wondered about the inside and most docos never showed it. So, thanks for this. It is indeed a mystery why they are so tall and what they were used for, as we cannot find any bodies or even decaying furniture inside. Who built them? and why so big kind of questions make us think of movies like Stargate and The Fifth Element where those huge intelligent beings comes to earth to help us evolve (also to take minerals and things from here like in Stargate and Avatar). As we learn more and more about how further our advanced civilisations goes, it is clear that beings that are far advanced than us, must have visited here at least once, like we went to the Moon many times.

This undertaking required an enormous capacity to grow/produce food and equipment. Therefore it couldn't have been a barren desert. This is some amazing stuff to ponder. These things blow my mind. These people either worked 24/7 on these buildings or they had some technology up their sleeves that we have no idea about. Great video.

I've seen everything else in the world I wanted to see except Petra. I'm old and not in great health now so I guess I'll miss this one, but this video is almost like being there. Thank you!

Ultra high ceilings keep the buildings cool. The mud mosques on Timbuku are very high and have massive interiors.

You said something that was definitely spot-on why is that their only reason for anything that was built thousands of years ago is because it was a tomb? When in fact today if you were to have a tomb that was 10 x 10 you'd have a massive tomb. I've always found it really hard to believe that these massive rooms were for little old bodies

A friend of mine is from jordan and says there are underground tunnels everywhere in pertra that are closed off to public

Look at the big chaimbers, those holes in the stone look like were to place structures for a 2nd floor or so inside. Like a loft

My husband and I found Petra, by chance and exploration 50 years ago. We did not know what we found. He and I were the only ones there, no other tourists. Although another couple did show up about an hour later. I see from the photos of Petra now that small stairs exist. Fifty years ago the stairs were enormous. Being 5'4" I had to climb each stair one at a time by boosting myself up with jumping up and using my arms to pull myself up each large stair one at a time to gain entrance into the so called "Treasury" building. It seemed obvious to me then that the city was built by giants. I think this was where the giants found a remote place that they could get away from the human world and live as they wanted to.

The large rooms were actually two storied with wooden interrupt supports. The anchor points in the stone walls are for the cross beams. The room with the small stage is actually an auction house. That's why there was a 2 story platform on the opposite side and the stage designed for items to be carried up one set of stairs and down the other. The wear patterns on the stairs show people traveled up on the right and down on the left. The very large open aired structure was for spice drying and dye manufacturing. That's why the center was open but surrounded by tall pillars which they could hang fabrics from to block and divert the wind as needed. Anyone who claims every large structure was a "temple" or "tomb" is trying to bullshit you.

I am a sculptor and this is beyond incredible! How I wish I could go there in person.

Didn't Indiana Jones find the Holy Grail in there?

Huge doors but small steps. It’s mind boggling

The damage to the lower portions of the buildings look to have been caused by water as water erodes sandstone quicker than the other elements. From this damage it appears that Petra suffered a great & swift flood sometime in antiquity . The reason the ceilings are so high is simple, these were multi story dwellings, if you look at the walls you see rows of holes where wooden supports would've been to create the other floors . So see the same in old medieval castles. & We all know wood doesn't last like stone. So a couple questions answered but they imply a lot of other answers that we are not being told so I agree with you on that aspect, that we are not being told the complete history of the human race .

I was surprised when you said "is it a portal or something" because I think it really is! They have the same kind of thing in old turkey i think where they said their elders would come out of to share knowledge

I went here a year ago and you weren’t allowed inside any of the structures with the exception of the colosseum. And it was super crowded. Interesting to see your video with only a handful of people and them being able to go inside. Great video.

12:30 Ahh, there it is. Knew there had to be an old stargate in Petra somewhere.

Thanks Jimmy. Now I'm Petrafied.

The erosion on the bottom was a result of the flooding. They had dams to collect and store water. There was an earthquake which collapsed the dams and flooded the city, which is why the people ended up leaving. If you get to go on a tour there, the guides explain it in more detail and show you the remains of the water dams.

9:35 why is there a dude just chillin up there

When i was 12 i got a chance to go with my family to see this back in the 90's. We took a bus there with a group of people and then rode donkeys with a guide a couple of miles to get to it. We went to a lot of other great sites but i still think about this one (and the dead sea) a lot. It really is beautiful.

The weird thing about a lot of these sites around the world is that there is no rubble piles from the excavations

The first room in Petra looks like Jupiter's colours.

To understand about this, first we have to believe in Giants. They were so tall that's why they have built so huge doors and ceilings.

Looks like there may have been 2 floors, like you see in ruined castles. At 10:44 I think that used to be the end of a staircase from the second to first floor, again you see holes in the wall to the left to carry large wooden support beams. There also seems to be a distinct color of stone for each level.

Dude, I think youtube is burying channels they don't like, I can't find you in my sub feed this last few weeks.

Although I don't think this answers the question as to height, in hot climes, a high ceiling is used to keep your building cooler, as hot air rises, if it rises higher than you, you don't feel it. In Kalgoorlie, my childhood wood/fibro home had 15ft ceilings to combat the heat.

Been there in 2000. It was an amazing experience. You can't imagine how big the whole terrain is.

So happy to see another Bright Insight video!! Keep em coming!

The monastery looks like a throne room on the inside. Steps on both sides and a missing throne in the middle. That is what I see.

I bet the acoustics at the theater must be amazing

I remember when they used this in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!

I had no idea the scale and scope of Petra.. simply mind boggling. I'd LOVE to be able to look back in time to see what went on back then.

Thank you, I’ve always wondered what the inside of these buildings look like!

It’s in the Bible and Jewish history, when Moses sent 12 spies to Canaan, they came back and reported, “ Sure enough,” they said, “the land flows with milk and honey, but we cannot capture it. The nations who dwell there are strong, their cities are fortified and there are giants among them.”

clearly the reason for the cut outs on the walls was to hold support beams so they could lay down a second floor on top of them. thats why the ceilings are so high. it was a two story structure(the urn tomb).

Why is everything 2000 years old according to scientist

I watched a documentary Petra on public television focused on Treasury and how it was built. You can see several holes drilled into the walls. They theorized wooden poles would be inserted into the wall which could be planked over making a suitable platform to work from.

The art of the ceiling looks like jupiter

Thank you for this! Every documentary I've watched NEVER shows any interiors or multiple sites.

Looking at the inside of "The Urn Tomb" and in particular the holes in the walls all around tells me that the ceiling was that high to accommodate for a second wooden floor.

I have always been fascinated with Petra. Thank you for this video!!

I visited Petra many years ago. I still remember the awe I experienced and the 'feeling I had there. Unforgettable.

Read the quran this was already talked about over 1400 years ago. Giant people of AAD

I visited Petra 10 years ago and explored every inch of the place (my legs were sore the next day). One thing that I noticed was the rooms inside the monuments were less grand than the facades. I have read a few comments about the ceiling height, and I think all answers are correct over time as Petra was occupied by different cultures.

There were giants in those days..

You are absolutely right none of the programs ever go inside to see what's inside finally you got us inside and I thank you for that very interesting

Built by and for giants ...

Going with the Giants theory here, I want to point out that the monastery actually looks like a throne room with a dais.

Just guessing, but maybe they are actually palaces...? It would make sense that each ruler would build their own palace to rule from and would also explain why they appear to be built during different times. Also, it would explain why the ceilings were so high because it create a booming acoustic for the voice of the ruler. I agree that these are much older than they are said to be, but I did notice similarities in some of the stone work to the city of Hegra, in that same area. Particularly the step-like decoration on near the top of the buildings.

"As if that's the ancients ever did twas pray all the time and plan their burials" 😂

Petra may have been built by the giants who roamed the earth during the antediluvian period and even after, as well as the ancient megalithic structures that exists throughout the world. This explains the tall ceilings as well as doors. When the Israelites left Egypt (Passover story) to enter their Promise Land, they were confronted by the giants who were already there.

I know this video is old, but could they have been using those holes for divider between 1st and 2nd floor. Using the same roof method the Aztecs did later?

Whatever makes you/motivates you to inform, don’t lose it! Thank you. Awesome

It was possibly homes of a giant humans long ago considering all those giant doors and high ceilings.

i imagine those walls were covered in silk too so it didnt look bland like it is now, high ceciling and the holes in the wall can be because they used wood platforms to make two stories

Water erosion on the bottom half that looks weathered ?? Would make it mega ancient as when did it last rain there ?

Just goes to show what you can accomplish when you're not glued to a phone or TV.

I went there last year with Olive Tree Travel. I could easily have spent days there exploring. The ruins are mind boggling. One's imagination is lost in nostalgia. The place is alive and a thriving tourist destination giving the city and locals an viable income revenue.

I think petra like an ancient mall.. may be they used those rooms to sell products.. they also live there as home.

”..And remember when He made you successors after the ʿAad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allah and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption." 7 : 74 Interesting remindings about these people in The Holy Quran

Most things are either hidden in plain sight. How do you confuse the general population? Accurate information through questionable sources and inaccurate information through believed sources; confuse the subject - muddy the water. Then, when the truth comes out, they can say the truth has always been out there you just didn't believe it.

I visited Petra while working in Jordan a few years ago. The place is beyond spectacular and utterly huge. As soon as you arrive you get the impression the place was never "lost". There is a source of fresh water there so it is a natural stop along ancient caravan routes. The Nabateans were the first to start carving into the walls then when the Greeks took control of the region they added their own structures. Then along came the Romans who added more. The Stadium and forum are two beautiful examples of Roman Engineering. As you walk along you can easily see the progression of styles and technical achievements.

Imagine being the first person to re discover this town after thousands of years poor guy must of been so confused

Thanks for the great video explaining the size, scope and interior of Petra. We ancient lost history geeks are causing a tipping point for humanity to remember our lost history and you are one of our generals.

I believe they were the GIANTS spoken in Genesis, and yes you can find them throughout the centuries a different times,

At 7:10 you may noticed the holes in the wall which I think were to place small poles into for a floor. This may have been a three story carving. Petra is known to be a oasis along the great Silk Road. Petra provided a rest area of water and lodging by which is obtained it's wealth! This was interesting till you went way out there!

some of that weathering on the lower portions of Petra's structures is reminiscent of what we see on the pedestal of the Sphinx

I believe this is an antediluvian (pre-flood) site built by the ancient giant race. The erosion, the height of the "doors" + the sophistication of the architecture seals that for me.

Great video ! Thank you ❤‍🔥

It's one of my favorite sites,just breathtaking. Thank you for sharing this. It's just a marvel.

Why is the ceiling so high? Look at the last picture you showed. There is hole at different levels, which all forms a horizontal dotted line. If it is argued that the area could be a lot more lush with plantation, I can see a possibility where they used wood to form the rest of the interior. The holes mentioned could easily be where you attached wooden beams to construct wooden floors. You see these holes in the majority of the rooms. It would be not only plausible that it would be filled with, well, something. But given the plausibility of plantation, it seems natural that the simplest way, both manufacturing and the ability to change the design, to make a big ass room and make more details like floors, stairways etc with wood. At 7:28, the picture also shows windows "at the second floor", which gives more credence to this. So the height could many not just be to impress, but have an actual purpose. This is most likely not a new idea, but I didn't find it mentioned in the video, so for the off chance this could help you in the study of these buildings, i hope i could help

THX finally .. I've seen several TV docus on Petra & this is the first I've seen what's inside the gates

I reckon this site was build by giants ... Anakim (Hebrew: עֲנָקִים‎ ‘Ǎnāqîm ) were described as a race of giants, descended from Anak, according to the Tanakh. They were said to have lived in the southern part of the land of Canaan, near Hebron (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13). According to Genesis 14:5-6 they inhabited the region later known as Edom and Moab in the days of Abraham. Their name may come from a Hebrew root meaning "necklace" or "neck-chain". Their formidable appearance, as described by the Twelve Spies sent to search the land, filled the Israelites with terror. The Israelites seem to have identified them with the Nephilim, the giants (Genesis 6:4, Numbers 13:33) of the antediluvian age. Joshua finally expelled them from the land, except for some that found a refuge in the Philistine cities of Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod (Joshua 11:22), thus the Philistine giants (Goliath) whom Davidencountered (2 Samuel 21:15-22 ) were descendants of the Anakim.

For all the mystery surrounding this site, one thing is for certain - in a desert, you could survive about 2 days at most without water. So, whether advanced technology or bronze age technology was used in their construction, these structures were built when there was an abundance of fresh water close at hand. So, when was that?

I personally believe that these were huge giants who lived many years ago probably around 8 - 10000 years ago. Looking at the structural and carving they were surely blessed to carry out such amazing work

If I'm not mistaken this place was used in Indiana Jones movie the one where they found the Holly Grail. Maybe there is some footage of the real inside. Now I know the inside in the movie is Hollywood bullshit but it may be worth going back to look and see if some non BS imagery made it I to the movie.