| Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stone. |
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| The same conditions that challenged the Nabataeans complicate conservation efforts at the Petra site today. |
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| The port also serves as the ideal base for visiting Petra, the ancient Nabatean city carved into the russet sandstone hills. |
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| The theater is a cavernous space, seemingly carved from a solid mass of desert rock, like Petra, in Jordan. |
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| Since the two incidents, Petra has been kept on a lead and had a muzzle on when people are around, the court heard. |
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| Reindeer, llamas and Petra, the zoo's only camel, were the star attractions, but sadly the plan was abandoned because it was deemed impractical. |
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| I'm not suggesting that Petra needs to swing all the other way to the Walt Disney opposite extreme. |
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| Petra was founded as a trading centre by a people called the Nabateans. |
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| From elegant trapeze artists to humorous anecdotal scenes of circus life on a shoestring budget, you can see why Camille is tempted to join Petra and run away with the circus. |
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| A photo that Instagram did take down was one that Canadian artist Petra Collins posted of her lower half in a swimsuit. |
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| The tourists, all thought to be elderly, were near the ancient city of Petra when their coach had a tyre blow out and hit a pick-up truck before somersaulting into the air. |
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| Cities like Pompeii and Petra, Heliopolis in Egypt and Ayutthaya in Thailand, Ur and Jericho and Babylon in the Fertile Crescent. |
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| Still, the busload of Japanese tourists in our hotel all seemed to have signed up for the Petra by Night show. |
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| Christophe Choo of the realty company Coldwell Banker in Beverly Hills is also convinced Petra is the buyer. |
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| We pulled into the town of modern Petra late Wednesday afternoon, Jordanian time. |
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| Petra deploys an impeccable technique, allied to stunning diction, and even brings restraint and musicality to her scat singing. |
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| The event was hosted by the British commentator for Eurovision, Graham Norton, and the host of the 2013 and 2016 Contest, Petra Mede. |
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| Meanwhile, heavily pregnant Petra, 24, showed off her baby bump in a floor length snakeskin design as she posed alongside her sister. |
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| The campaign against the proposed plant also gained some international support, including that of Petra Kelly, who gave a speech at Carnsore. |
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| What is known is that by 107, Roman legions were stationed in the area around Petra and Bostra, as is shown by a papyrus found in Egypt. |
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| Petra would like to drop despondently onto a rock to pout, but you have to look before you sit, because there are goat doodies everywhere. |
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| We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle. |
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| Samir Hamed, general manager of Petra Arabia, praised the KAEC factory and the progress achieved within the Economic City. |
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| He launches into a flight of oratory on the past greatness of Petra. |
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| Its romantic location helped Petra to be chosen to feature in the film, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, as the alleged resting place of the legendary Holy Grail. |
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| As well, she sang in Gerald Barry's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant for Irish Radio, and in the title role of L'enfant et les sortileges, in Maestricht, Holland. |
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| Petra Capital Partners will seek investment opportunities in growing Arkansas companies in the health care business and information services sectors, the ADFA said. |
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