Bab as-Siq: The Djinn Blocks

Bab as-Siq: the mysterious djinn blocks and carved cubes that guard the road to Petra.

Bab as-Siq, the 'gate of the Siq', is lined with enigmatic cube-shaped djinn blocks — carved god-thrones — and the Dushara relief, the first Nabataean monuments visitors encounter on the approach to Petra.

They are free to view on the entry path. Travellers who hire car & driver in Jordan pause at the pull-off, and full package tours to Jordan explain their cultic purpose.

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