the iconic desert city continues to mesmerize tourists and archaeologists alike. Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. As visitors ...

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, ...

Petra is home to more than 600 hypogea, tombs carved into the rocky ... Heading south through what is now Jordan, he overheard people talking about a city located near Jebel Haroun, where the ...

Yes, it's Jordan! Tourism is a business of peace that unites even Republicans and Democrats. Luckily, these two members of ...

How digital archaeologists are using drones and cutting-edge cameras to recreate the spectacular 2,000-year-old ruins in Jordan ... city you literally enter into, penetrate, rather than approach ...

Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. Petra is ...

Petra is one of the most iconic destinations in the world. Even those who don't know anything about the country of Jordan have probably seen pictures of ...

One of the few entryways into Petra is a ... of which Petrans carved elaborate monuments into the soft rock. Lonely Planet Images Traders from Egypt and Greece traveled the city's main road ...

Petra, in southern Jordan, is a love letter to human civilisation from a long-lost ... following centuries of abandonment. While much of the city is gone, many of its monumental structures remain, ...

There’s a reason it took so long for the world to learn of Petra ... only adding to the city’s allure. Although it’s not mandatory, leaving a tip goes down well in Jordan and 10-15 per ...