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 ...

AMMAN, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Jordan evacuated hundreds of tourists from the ancient city of Petra on Sunday after flash floods swept through the archaeological site amid severe weather, officials said.

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 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 ...

Petra, in southern Jordan, is a love letter to human civilisation ... Charting the settlement’s history from the arrival of Neolithic peoples through to the city’s demise, the museum’s ...

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 ...

The other two children were found alive. Sunday’s flooding in southern Jordan also led to the evacuation of hundreds of tourists from the Petra archaeological site, the country’s main tourist ...

In a story published May 5, 2025, The Associated Press reported that more than 30 people were killed in flash flooding that hit Petra and Jordan’s Dead Sea coast in two separate floods in 2018. The ...