Street of Facades

The Street of Facades is a row of more than forty monumental tombs carved directly into the rose-red sandstone cliffs. Positioned along the path that opens up after the narrow gorge of the Siq, these structures were fashioned by the Nabataeans between the first century before the common era and the first century of the common era. Their vertical faces feature stepped crowns, pilasters, and symmetrical doorways that reflect a blend of local Arabian traditions with Hellenistic and Assyrian architectural styles.