Built over 2,000 years ago ... 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 ...

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

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 ...

Established by the Nabateans, an indigenous people of the region, Petra is located in present-day southwestern Jordan, extending into parts of southern Israel. The Nabateans were known for their ...

Take a journey from the deserts of Arabia to the far corners of the Mediterranean to uncover the world of the Nabataeans, the ...

Petra is half-built, half-carved into the rock, and is surrounded by mountains riddled with passages and gorges. It is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, where ancient Eastern ...

Petra is half-built, half-carved into the rock, and is surrounded by mountains riddled with passages and gorges. In the south of Jordan is the Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA) sprawling over an area of ...

Petra Treasury is a monument carved by the Nabataean craftsmen who operated under ... and the Khazneh, many writers have asserted that it was built by master stonecutters from Alexandria or at least ...