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See Shannondell TV weekly programming on channel 1970.
Do these photogenic rose-red cliffs look familiar? In 1989, George Lucas filmed a memorable sequence of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” at the Treasury, the centerpiece of Petra. 
Nestled in a rugged mountainous basin in Jordan’s southwestern desert lies the magnificent ruins of the ancient city of Petra, 
named one of the “New Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” in 2007. Over the course of these fall lectures, Dr. Phillips 
takes us on a journey of Petra’s history, its Arab people, rich culture and the monuments that remain today ... including a 
behind-the-scenes on-site excavation! Stephen Phillips, Ph.D., is the Curatorial Research Coordinator in the Egyptian Section 
of the Penn Museum. Highly experienced in the field, Dr. Phillips has participated in numerous excavations.
EXPLORING PETRA, JORDAN: THE ROSE-RED CITY
 (4-part series)
Friday, Oct.  2, 2 p.m. 
(Ashcroft movie theater) 
 
The capital of Nabataeans 2000 years ago, Petra thrived as a trade 
center, dominating incense and spice markets by controlling the 
trade routes crisscrossing the Arabian Peninsula. We’ll meet these 
wily indigenous people, and explore a sampling of the 800-plus 
monuments hand-carved into the sandstone cliffs.
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2 p.m. 
(Bradford movie theater) 
 
We begin with a geographic orientation 
of Jordan, including its history, both 
ancient and modern. This leads us to 
the events and people that led to Petra’s 
rediscovery in 1812.

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