Height40 m
76.9Human forearms
2.62Shuffleboard courts
3.33House widths
40 meters tall; about a 13-story building
Photo from Wikimedia Commons
Petra — The Treasury
A temple carved from a cliff face that Indiana Jones made famous/Ancient Structures
Al-Khazneh (The Treasury) in Petra, Jordan, was carved directly into the sandstone cliff face by the Nabataean people around the 1st century BCE. Standing 40 meters tall and 25 meters wide, it was likely a royal tomb rather than an actual treasury. The rose-red facade has survived over 2,000 years of desert winds, earthquakes, and flash floods. It became world-famous as the setting for the climax of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Measurements
Width25 m
17Danny DeVitos
2.7 tenthsFootball field lengths
25-meter wide facade
Column height12 m
120Pine cone lengths
3.24Rowboat lengths
54.5 billionSilicon atoms
Each of the six main columns is 12 meters
Interior depth12 m
8,000Ant antennae
4.5 hundredthsTitanic lengths
4,000Sesame seeds
The main chamber extends 12 meters into the cliff
Age66.3 billion s
24.6 millionOil changes
18.4 millionWork meetings
28.8Human lifespans
About 2,100 years old
Facade area1,000 m²
6.17Volleyball courts
1.4 tenthsFIFA soccer pitches
239Ping pong tables
Approximately 1,000 m² of carved surface