For many tourists, the visit to the ancient city in southwest Jordan ends here ... carved into the mountains of ancient Petra. The majority of archaeological remains in Petra are tombs, Al ...

Petra, carved into the rose-red cliffs of Jordan, continues to reveal its secrets. Early mapping techniques unveiled in 2016 revealed the potential ruins of a vast structure hidden beneath the ...

Petra is one of the most iconic destinations in the world. Even those who don't know anything about the country of Jordan ...

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 ...

Petra, in southern Jordan, is a love letter to human civilisation from ... When Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt put it on the archaeological map in 1812, it was a ghost town, following ...

At the end of the Siq-a narrow, winding gorge through ruby-red sandstone in southwestern Jordan-lies one of the most jaw-dropping sights in archaeology: an open plaza dominated by Al-Khazneh, an ...

Workers digging a well outside the city of Xi'an, China, in 1974 struck upon one of the greatest archaeological ... Petra, JordanA person standing in the doorway of the Monastery at Petra, Jordan ...

Petra is the archaeological jewel in Jordan's crown The Wadi Rum, a Unesco World Heritage site, should be next on your hit list. This fabled 74,000-hectare desert wonderland in southern Jordan was ...

AMMAN - A delegation from the US Congress visited Petra city on Tuesday to assess the progress of key development projects ...

Back at the entrance gate, across from Petra Visitor Center, you’ll find the Petra Museum, a modern facility which opened in 2019 to exhibit the archaeological ... down well in Jordan and ...