Built over 2,000 years ago, 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 ...

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

About 2,000 years ago, the powerful ancient kingdom of the Nabataeans hand-carved a city into the sandstone ... to inform us about the early history of Petra and, possibly, the origins of the ...

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 ...

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

Mariscal has hoped that Petra would leave a legacy in the host city in addition to showing his respect for Lorenza Böttner, a Chilean-German artist who underwent amputation of her arms as a child.

Petra, an ancient city nestled within the harsh deserts of Jordan, continues to captivate archaeologists and historians alike with its stunning architecture, rich history, and particularly its ...