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The video explores the various myths and legends that have emerged around Petra, the ancient city carved into sandstone cliffs in southern Jordan. It details the local lore from Bedouin tribes and early Western explorers that adds to the mystery and intrigue still surrounding Petra today as a lost civilization. Stories covered include legends of hidden Egyptian pharaoh treasures buried in Petra's ruins, accounts of the city predating human history as created by God's angels, spirits and jinn said to haunt its empty structures, ominous warnings of fatal curses that befall greedy treasure hunters, rumors of a magical gateway inside that leads to the biblical Garden of Eden, eyewitness accounts since the 1990s of a phantom thriving city, and debates around the validity of a tomb found in Petra potentially belonging to the exiled ancient King Nabonidus from Babylon. The article aims to showcase the range of fantastical narratives tied to Petra's rediscovery that perpetuate its aura as an enigmatic and mystical desert locale.