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Petra: Lost City of Stone Preview

Preview: Season 42 Episode 5 | 30s  | Video has closed captioning.

How did early engineers carve tombs into rock cliffs and funnel water to this desert city? Airing February 18, 2015 at 9 pm on PBS

Aired: 02/18/15

Rating: TV-PG

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