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  • Nova Petra: Lost City of Stone (Season 42, Episode 5)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary

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Petra: Lost City of Stone (Season 42, Episode 5)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 54 min | Documentary

A look at the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, which was carved from stone and possessed an ingenious water-conduit system. Archaeologist and sculptors join forces to carve a temple-tomb to learn how the people of Petra built the city.
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Directors
Gary Glassman | Olivier Julien (version: French)
Writers
Gary Glassman (written by) | Olivier Julien (version: French)
Editor
Status
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Updated Feb 18, 2015

Release date
Feb 18, 2015 (United States)

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31 cast members
Name Known for
Sue Alcock
Self - Professor for Archaeology, Brown University, Rhode Island (as Susan E. Alcock) Self - Professor for Archaeology, Brown University, Rhode Island (as Susan E. Alcock)   See fewer
Achim Barrenstein
Self - Sprecher (voice) Self - Sprecher (voice)   See fewer
Thomas Bauzou
Self - Lecturer of Ancient History, Université d'Orléans Self - Lecturer of Ancient History, Université d'Orléans   See fewer
Leigh-Ann Bedal
Self - Archaeologist, Penn State Behrend College, Pennsylvania Self - Archaeologist, Penn State Behrend College, Pennsylvania   See fewer
Ueli Bellwald
Self - Archaeologist, Petra National Trust Self - Archaeologist, Petra National Trust   See fewer
Renaud Bertin
Self - Sprecher (voice) Self - Sprecher (voice)   See fewer
Emanuela Bocancea
Self - Archaeologist, Brown University, Rhode Island Self - Archaeologist, Brown University, Rhode Island   See fewer
Martin Bonvicini
Self - Sprecher (voice) Self - Sprecher (voice)   See fewer
Fanny Calhau
Actress (voice) Actress (voice)   See fewer
Éric Chantelauze
Narrator Narrator   See fewer
Nathalie Delhopital
Self - Archaeoanthropologist, AFT Self - Archaeoanthropologist, AFT   See fewer
Alexandre Donders
Self - Sprecher (voice) Self - Sprecher (voice)   See fewer
Andy Dufton
Self - Archeologist, Brown University, Rhode Island Self - Archeologist, Brown University, Rhode Island   See fewer
Cecilia Feldman Weiss
Self - Archeologist, University of Massachusetts Amherst Self - Archeologist, University of Massachusetts Amherst   See fewer
Pierre Forest
Self - Sprecher (voice) Self - Sprecher (voice)   See fewer
Vanessa Guillemot
Self - Sprecher (voice) Self - Sprecher (voice)   See fewer
Nathan J. Hunt
Self - Stonemason, Hunt Studios, California (as Nathan Hunt) Self - Stonemason, Hunt Studios, California (as Nathan Hunt)   See fewer
Andreas Klaue
Self - Sprecher (voice) Self - Sprecher (voice)   See fewer
Alex Knodell
Self - Archeologist, Brown University, Rhode Island Self - Archeologist, Brown University, Rhode Island   See fewer
François Montagut
Self - Sprecher (voice) Self - Sprecher (voice)   See fewer
Michel Montana
Self - Sprecher (voice) Self - Sprecher (voice)   See fewer
Michel Mouton
Self - Archaeologist, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Self - Archaeologist, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)   See fewer
Laïla Nehmé
Self - Archaeologist, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Self - Archaeologist, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)   See fewer
Charles R. Ortloff
Self - Engineer, CFD Consultants International, California Self - Engineer, CFD Consultants International, California   See fewer
Thomas R. Paradise
Self - Professor of Geosciences, University of Arkansas (as Tom Paradise) Self - Professor of Geosciences, University of Arkansas (as Tom Paradise)   See fewer
Volker Risch
Self - Sprecher (voice) Self - Sprecher (voice)   See fewer
Andrew M. Smith II
Self - Professor for Ancient History, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Self - Professor for Ancient History, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.   See fewer
Christopher Tuttle
Self - Director of the American Center of Oriental Research (as Christopher M. Tuttle) Self - Director of the American Center of Oriental Research (as Christopher M. Tuttle)   See fewer
Georgios Tzitzikos
Self - Sprecher (voice) Self - Sprecher (voice)   See fewer
Thomas M. Urban
Self - Researcher, University of Oxford Self - Researcher, University of Oxford   See fewer
François Villeneuve
Self - Archaeologist, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Self - Archaeologist, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)   See fewer
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