在约旦首都安曼以南200多公里处,在荒漠的山岩上矗立着一座由悬崖峭壁所包围的名叫皮特拉的古迹。尽管现在这里到处是断垣残壁、满目疮痍,但是在两千多年前,它原是约旦境内一个强大王国的都城,曾经有过一段辉煌的年代。长期以来,由于地处偏僻,这个湛称世界罕有的古迹却鲜为人知。 More than 200 kilometers south of the Amman, Jordanian capital, there stands a monumental named Petrarch surrounded by cliffs on a rocky desert. Although now there are ruins and devastation all over the place, it was a mecca of a mighty kingdom in Jordan more than two thousand years ago and there was a moment of glory. For a long time, due to remoteness, this rarely known monuments in the world is little known.