Petra, his only poem ... It’s a view familiar to many from the climax of the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. But Burgon would have needed only to look 500km south, across the ...

Many who know of Tanis at all remember the city as portrayed in the Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the ... said of the biblical reference. 1 of 12 Petra, JordanA person standing in the doorway ...

Since then, Petra’s fame has grown. UNESCO inscribed the city’s ruins as a World Heritage site in 1985, and the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade used Petra as a stage for some scenes.

Lead image: A chase scene with Indiana Jones on horseback, as the Apollo 11 astronauts are feted with a parade in New York City.