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Wadi Sabra (river)

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Map showing location of Wadi Sabra, Jordan.

Wadi Sabra, is a canyon[1] wadi in Jordan noted for its ruins.

The Wadi has several unexcavated tombs and houses. There is also ruins of a theater, a Nabataean sanctuary and Bronze Age petroglyphs along its walls.[2] The Wadi is 8 kilometers south of Petra.

The first European to the wadi was the Frenchman L. de Laborde, who reached Wadi Sabra in 1828.[3]

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