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Temenos gate, Petra, Jordan. Petra was the capital of the Nabataean kingdom from 312 BC until it was absorbed into the Roman Empire in 106 AD. The city is best known for its buildings with elaborate facades cut out of the sandstone rock. A temenos is an area of ground assigned as an official or royal domain or as a religious sanctuary or precinct.