Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the ...

This city – with centuries of Christian history – is two hours’ drive north of Petra along the King’s Highway, the oldest ...

Petra, carved into the rose-red cliffs of Jordan, continues to reveal its secrets. Early mapping techniques unveiled in 2016 revealed the potential ruins of a vast structure hidden beneath the sands, ...

Where to stay, eat, drink and shop in Jordan’s rose-red ancient city - CITY GUIDES: With thousands of years of history carved ...

Detailed modeling of this kind is at the leading edge of archaeological best practices, and according to Jordan’s Princess Dana Firas, the head of the Petra National Trust, the data will help ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building ...

In its prime, Petra was one of the most lavish cities in history—more Las Vegas than ... Petra has lately fulfilled that prophesy. It is now Jordan's top tourist destination, attracting hundreds ...

Director General of the Royal Hashemite Documentation Centre (RHDC) Muhannad Mubaideen and Director General of the Jordan News Agency, Petra, Fairouz Mubaideen on Monday discussed enhancing ...

Mohammad is slowly roasting Arabic coffee beans over a fire. As he pulls the pan from the flame and begins to grind the beans by hand, another local Bedouin shepherd Ameen explains to me how the ...

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