Water Channel

Water Channel
The Siq, Jordan

Water channels on both sides of the Siq carried water from the Ain Musa ("Spring of Moses," a few kilometers east of the site) down somewhere into Petra. Their exact destination, after they leave the Siq, is not known. The Ain Musa was a principal, although not the only, supplier of water to Petra, distributed via the Wadi Musa ("Stream of Moses") to various cisterns around the city. The Wadi Musa itself originally ran through the Siq, but the Nabataeans diverted its flow to keep the approach to the city from being flooded.