ocr: visitor might at first suppose Petra is nothing more than a vast cemetery, and archae- ologists might be excused if they pay more attention to these monuments than to the ruins at their feet. In the past, more study has indeed been accorded the rock-cut remains than the free-standing ones at Petra, and the scholarly analysis of the various architectural styles ofthe tombs has certainly contributed much to our understanding of how the East became Hellenized. The tombs combine in varying degrees elements derived from both classical and Oriental art. They range in style from the purely Oriental, ...
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