On a bus, it's about 3 hours or so once you've crossed the border from Eilat, Israel, to Petra, Jordan.
Petra is an ancient city located in the country of Jordan. All that remains of the city now is ruins of what was the capital of the Nabataean kingdom. The city was captured by the Romans around AD...
Two major earthquakes (one in 363 AD and the other in 551 AD)
at 100 BC
the petra is 1 cm