The simplicity was overwhelming.
Candles, two musicians and a monologue.
The Bedouin delivering the ten minute narration asked us, in the words of John Lennon, to imagine.
Imagine Petra as it was 2,000 years ago.
Imagine the water flowing through viaducts, down the gorge and bubbling up through the nymphaeum in the Roman colonnade.
Imagine caravans, laden with gold, frankincense and myrrh, passing through this ancient city from the exotic east to the Mediterranean coast in the west.
Imagine the streets, palaces and tombs lit by 8,000 olive oil lamps.
And then finally, imagine what the people were like who could conceive and build this amazing place.
This was far more moving than the over produced, over scripted and contrived Son et Lumière that you’ll find at most tourist destinations.
