Travel Reference
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Travellers' Tales
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
(J L Burckhardt) Account of Petra's rediscovery.
The Desert and the Sown
(Gertrude Bell, 1907) The 'brains behind Lawrence's brawn'.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
(T E Lawrence, 1926) The classic.
Top Reads
Married to a Bedouin
(M van Geldermalsen, 2006) Bringing a family up in Petra.
Heroine of the Desert
(Donya al-Nahi, 2006) Reuniting children with their mothers.
Walking the Bible
(Bruce Feiler, 2005) Biblical locations.
Top Films
Lawrence of Arabia
(1962) David Lean's classic.
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence after Arabia
(1991) Starring a young Ralph Fiennes.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(1989) Harrison Ford in Petra caper.
Unesco Sites
Petra
(1985) Needs no introduction!
Qusayr Amra
(1985) Best of the Eastern castles.
Umm ar-Rasas
(2004) Unique 1000-year-old mosaics.
Wadi Rum Protected Area
(2011) Breathtaking desert.
