Is there a real Canyon of the Crescent Moon?

The movie's fictional Canyon of the Crescent Moon was modeled on the eastern entrance to Petra, a 250-foot-high (76-meter-high) sandstone slot canyon known as the Siq that leads directly to Al Khazneh (the Treasury)—perhaps the most stunning of Petra's dozens of breathtaking features.



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Many people know of Petra's famous Treasury from the Hollywood film “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” with Harrison Ford. It's inside that Ford finds the Holy Grail.

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In A.D. 363, Petra suffered another blow when a massive earthquake destroyed many of the city's buildings and its water-supply system. This natural disaster marked a turning point for the Nabataeans. By A.D. 700, only a few people lived in and around Petra. Over time, the city was lost to the outside world.

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Some main archeological sites inside the city are the Treasury – the tomb of a Nabatean king, the Monastery – an isolated mountain temple, a theatre, government buildings and dwelling for regular people.

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In The Last Crusade, Indiana Jones is after the Holy Grail, and what better place to house it than in a real-life place called The Treasury? That's the popular tourist attraction, the Al Khazneh, in Petra, Jordan, a giant, ornately carved sandstone temple facade, which dates back to the first century AD.

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Several scenes from the legendary blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade were filmed in Petra. In the film's climactic final scenes, actors Harrison Ford and Sean Connery burst forth from the Siq and walk deep into the labyrinths of the Treasury to find the Holy Grail.

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Absolutely! If you ever get a chance to go to Jordan, Petra is a place you must visit. It is the most famous attraction in the whole country; even more important than the capital Amman. Petra is an ancient city located in the middle of a desert.

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