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		Petraworld is the world of Peter Lunsford. Petra, (n), Latin for "The Rock", and "Peter". Ergo, "Peter's world".
		Do you remember the film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"? In this film Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) rides on a horse through a narrow canyon (the Valley of the Cresent Moon") and when he reaches the end of it he finds himself in front of this temple excavated in the stone walls. Inside of this temple he discovers the Holy Grail.
*This incredible stone temple is quite real. It's called Khazneh al-Faraoun (Treasury of the Pharaoh)* and can be visited at the ruins of Petra, in Jordan.** Throughout the centuries of Parthian dominance, the Nabataean capital, Petra was the chief crossroads of the caravan trade between Aden, in Yemen, and Syria, located in the Arabian peninsula (present-day Jordan). It was also the capital of the Nabataean Empire from the 4th Century BC to its absorption by Rome in 68 AD. By common agreement, this is one of the world's most unique treasures, and one of the most astonishing places I have ever had the privilege to visit.