The Treasury

Posted by alexdpx (Manila, Philippines) on 3 February 2009 in Architecture and Portfolio.

Al Khazneh ("The Treasury"; Arabic: الخزنة) was originally built as a royal tomb, probably between 100 BC and 200 AD.[1] Its Arabic name Treasury derives from a legend that bandits or pirates hid their loot in a stone urn high on the second level. Significant damage from bullets can be seen on the urn. Local lore attributes this to Bedouins, who are said to have shot at the urn in hopes of breaking it open and spilling out the "treasure" within (the decorative urn however, is solid sandstone).

Source: Wikipedia

My first glimpse of The Treasury was in the movie "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." It was the resting place of the Holy Grail in that movie. At the time, I thought it was just an expensive movie set - not real at all.

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