The Dam

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It was renovated by the government in 1964 in the same way originally built by the Nabataens. This dam was built to protect their capital from floods that arrived during the seasonal rain from the mountains and hills across the valley and the region.The dam was protecting Petra by redirecting the flood waters into a tunnel, which was known as the ‘Dark Tunnel’.