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Pope Visits Jordan:
Today I am in Jordan, a land familiar to me from the Holy Scriptures – a land sanctified by the presence of Jesus Himself, by the presence of Moses, Elijah and John the Baptist; and of saints and martyrs of the early Church. Yours is a land noted for its hospitality and openness to all.

The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II:
Excerpt from the Holy Father's Welcome Ceremony Speech, marking his Jubilee pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

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Petra is sometimes called the ‘Lost City’. In spite of its being such an important city in antiquity, after the 14th century AD, Petra was completely lost to the western world. It was rediscovered in 1812 by the Swiss traveller, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, who tricked his way into the fiercely guarded site by pretending to be an Arab from India wishing to make a sacrifice at the tomb of the Prophet Aaron..