Creasman said the architecture of the buried tomb is the “most exciting” aspect of the discovery, because its “construction and use is fairly unique for Petra.” “The implications of ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the new seven wonders of the world, Petra is a giant metropolis of tombs, monuments, and other elaborate religious structures directly carved into sandstone ...

The majority of archaeological remains in Petra are tombs, Al-Salameen says. The Nabataeans must have paid a lot of attention to the afterlife, he says. “They looked at their life as a short ...

With none of the crowds but much of the mystique of Jordan's magnificent Petra facades, Hegra in Saudi Arabia is the place ...

Image caption, (from left to right) Dr. Fares Braizat, Fadi Balawi, Josh Gates and Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman were part of the team who discovered the new tomb at Petra The team of British and ...