3D print Al-Khazneh (Petra)
A free, printable model of Al-Khazneh, its carved facade of columns and pediments, with the valley floor, a path and water around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About Al-Khazneh (Petra)
Al-Khazneh, Arabic for The Treasury, is a tomb cut straight into a cliff at Petra, the ancient city of the Nabatean Kingdom. Its other name, Khaznat el-Far'oun, means the pharaoh's treasury, and it counts among the most elaborate of Petra's rock-cut tombs. Like most buildings in this ancient town, and like the Monastery (Ad Deir), it was cut from a sandstone cliff face. It is thought to have been a mausoleum and crypt that went up at the start of the 1st century AD, in Aretas IV Philopatris's reign.
The name goes back to legends about a decorative stone urn on the second level, which is actually solid sandstone. In the early 19th century the area's Bedouins began to call it Al-Khazneh, believing it contained treasures. One legend says the Egyptian Pharaoh, after he and part of his army got away as the Red Sea closed, made the Khazneh by magic to shelter his treasury while he went on pursuing Moses. Erosion over the two millennia since the carving has worn away many of its architectural details.
The figures are thought to be mythological ones tied to the afterlife: four eagles at the top that would carry souls away, dancing Amazons with double axes on the upper level, and, at either side of the entrance, statues of Castor and Pollux, who were twins. The interior is plain next to the elaborate facade, with a main chamber and three antechambers enclosing around 2,000 m³ (71,000 cu ft). In 2012 the non-profit Zamani Project spatially documented the Treasury as part of its 3D digital documentation of cultural heritage.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 13 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 16 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 21 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Slender columns and urn finial
- A row of slender columns carries the pediments, and a small urn tops the facade. Print friendly adapts thin parts like these to your print scale; Full detail keeps them, best printed slowly with good cooling and 0.12 to 0.16 mm layers.
- Small carved figures
- Tiny figures and narrow ledges sit on the face of the cliff. A larger print keeps them easier to read.
- One piece with the ground
- Al-Khazneh (Petra) is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. Al-Khazneh (Petra) takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
Al-Khazneh (Petra) is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there an Al-Khazneh (Petra) STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. Al-Khazneh (Petra) grows with the print: about 13 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
