The Enchanted Rose-Red City of Petra, Recently Discovered in Forbidden Arabia after being Lost to History fo

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1591, 21 October 1920, Page 28

The Enchanted Rose-Red City of Petra, Recently Discovered in Forbidden Arabia after being Lost to History fo

1. THE ROCK-HEWN CITY OF PETRA, IN ARABIA, discovered by Lowell Thomas, the renowned explorer and lecturer. 2. THE MYSTERIOUS COLONEL LAWRENCE (on right) talking to two of his Arab advisors. LAWRENCE, although only 26 years old, and an unknown Oxford archaeologist, became the head of an army of 200,000 wild Arabs, mounted on racing camels and fleet Arabian horses. 3. A REMARKABLE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY —Portion of the Enchanted Rose-red City of Petra, carved and hewn out of solid rock deep in the Desert of Forbidden Arabia. It was lost to history for 1000 years. 4. A SAMPLE OF EARLY

ARCHITECTURE. —One of the rock-hewn structures in the mysterious City of is featured by Lowell Thomas in his fascinating travelogue lectures. 5. A REV YEARS AGO. —A close view of the great rock edifice, part of which was hewn City of Petra. 6. A CITY “HALF AS OLD AS TIME” IN FORBIDDEN ARAB OUS COLONEL LAWRENCE AND MR. LOWELL THOMAS LIVED