Middle East
Jordan
Ma’an Governorate

The Treasury (Al-Khazneh)

Al-Khazneh, also known as Khazneh el-Far'oun, is one of the most elaborate rock-cut tombs in , a city of the Nabatean Kingdom inhabited by the Arabs in ancient times.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: The Treasury
  • Also known as: “Al Khazneh”, “Al-Khazneh”, “Chaznat al-Firaun”, and “Treasury - Al Khazna at Petra”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jebel al-Madhbah and The Theater.

Peak
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain at , , at whose peak there is a large Nabataean ritual site centered around an altar.

Theater building
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Petra Theater is a first century AD Nabataean theatre situated 600 m from the centre of . Substantial part of was carved out of solid rock, while the scaena and exterior wall were constructed. is situated 530 metres northwest of The Treasury (Al-Khazneh).

Photo: Wichard Koops, CC BY 3.0.
is situated 440 metres west of The Treasury (Al-Khazneh).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petra and Petra.

Photo: Faraheed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, the fabled "rose red city, half as old as time", is a well known ancient Nabataean city in the south of . Due to its breathtaking grandeur and fabulous ruins, was recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.

Town
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wadi Musa is a town located in the in southern . It is the administrative center of the Department and the nearest town to the archaeological site of , being only 3.5 km away. is situated 2½ km east of The Treasury (Al-Khazneh).

The Treasury (Al-Khazneh)

Latitude
30.32208° or 30° 19′ 20″ north
Longitude
35.45153° or 35° 27′ 6″ east
Open location code
8G2Q8FC2+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 488848937
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1259626
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“The Treasury (Al-Khazneh)” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الخزنة”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Խազնա”
  • Armenian: “Էլ-Քազնե”
  • Basque: “Khazneh”
  • Bengali: “আল-খাজনেহ”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал Хазне”
  • Bulgarian: “Хазне”
  • Catalan: “Al Khazneh”
  • Catalan: “Al-Khazneh”
  • Central Kurdish: “خەزنە”
  • Chinese: “卡兹尼神殿”
  • Chinese: “卡茲尼神殿”
  • Dutch: “Al Khazneh”
  • Dutch: “El Khazneh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الخزنه (البتراء)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الخزنه”
  • Esperanto: “Al-Ĥazne”
  • Finnish: “Al Khazneh”
  • French: “Al Khazneh”
  • French: “Khazneh”
  • French: “le Trésor”
  • French: “Trésor”
  • German: “Chasnat al-Firʿaun”
  • German: “Chasneh”
  • German: “Khazne al-Firaun”
  • German: “Schatzhaus des Pharao”
  • Hebrew: “אל-ח’זנה”
  • Hebrew: “אלחזנה”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Khazneh”
  • Italian: “Al Khasneh”
  • Italian: “al-Khaznah”
  • Italian: “Al-Khazneh”
  • Italian: “El Khasneh al Faroun”
  • Italian: “Khasneh”
  • Italian: “Tesoro”
  • Japanese: “エル・カズネ”
  • Japanese: “エル・ハズネ”
  • Japanese: “エルカズネ”
  • Korean: “알 카즈네”
  • Polish: “Al-Chazna (Skarbiec Faraona)”
  • Polish: “Skarbiec Faraona”
  • Portuguese: “Al Khazneh”
  • Portuguese: “Khazneh”
  • Romanian: “Al Khazneh”
  • Romanian: “Al-Khazneh”
  • Russian: “Аль-Хазна”
  • Russian: “Эль-Хазне (Сокровищница фараона)”
  • Russian: “Эль-Хазне”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Al Khazneh”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Riznica u Petri”
  • Slovenian: “Al-Khazneh”
  • Spanish: “Khazne”
  • Spanish: “Khazné”
  • Spanish: “Tesoro (Al-Khazneh)”
  • Spanish: “Tesoro de Petra”
  • Swedish: “Al-Khazneh”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Хазне”
  • Urdu: “الخزنتہ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Treasury (Al-Khazneh)”. Photo: Graham Racher, CC BY-SA 2.0.