ocr: the rock-cut facade to some extent and would have given the original monument the appearance of an Egyptian temple rather than a Greek or Roman one. The excavation of some of the forebuildings undoubtedly presents the most promising line of inquiry into the age of these splendid monuments. Although the stylistic sequence has a certain chronological value, the absolute age of these tombs is still a matter of great uncertainty and even greater scholarly dispute; iti - is one of the major problems still tobe solved at Petra. The recent excavations conducted by the British School at Jerusalem have ...
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