For many tourists, the visit to the ancient city in southwest Jordan ends here. But Petra has much more to offer, including more than 600 stone facades and an intriguing list of clues about its ...

Forgotten and rediscovered in 1812 by the Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Petra has since been an unending source of fascination for archaeologists and tourists alike. The Khazneh ...

The discovery shed new light on just how advanced the civilisation that lived in the ancient city of Petra was.

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 ...

For hundreds of years, the 2,300-year-old city of Petra, Jordan was largely abandoned and uninhabited. Today, welcoming around a million visitors per year, it’s one of the most popular tourist ...

Against the backdrop of the ancient Nabatean city, a group of global Eisenhower Fellows reunited in Jordan, exploring Petra’s ...

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 ...

Scientists used new technology to find an ancient monument in the historic trade city of Petra, Jordan, which was once the capital city of the Nabataean kingdom that is now a World Heritage Site.

Through comprehensive training programmes and community engagement, the project has laid the groundwork for a sustainable future in Jordan's heritage sector,” said CEO of Sela Maria Ronza. Ronza added ...