what the hell is this coming to, a Shell game? Good hunting, Shell, you found me. Your turn to go hide.
...yes I am in Petra that cool rock place in Jordan that was made famous by being featured in
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ...in case it wasn't famous before that
or if you're not into that genre of film maybe you'd prefer its appearance in
Passion in the Desert, or maybe even
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, or the one that made me wish I was Sinbad,
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, or if you're from the MTV generation and only watch music videos, maybe you saw it in the Sisters of Mercy music video "
Dominion", and of course there's the soon to be released
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, not to mention if you live only in the Game World you would see it in video games
Spy Hunter (2001), King's Quest V, Lego Indiana Jones and least but probably not last
Sonic Unleashed
Petra ("petra-πέτρα", cleft in the rock in Greek; Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ) is an archaeological site in the Arabah, Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, lying on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It is renowned for its rock-cut architecture. Petra is also one of the new wonders of the world. The Nabateans constructed it as their capital city around 100 BCE.
The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced to the West by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. It was famously described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a Newdigate prize-winning sonnet by John William Burgon. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage." In 1985, Petra was designated a World Heritage Site.
Too many cool pics of this place so I'm just randomly throwing some on here:
This makes me hungry for some good humus tahini so I'll be back after I get some
You're up, Shell