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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