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 ...

Burckhardt knew that he had found a mysterious lost city, rumors of which had reached him on his desert travels. He was the first European to have entered Petra for many centuries. Swathed in Arab ...

Petra, Jordan I drove from Amman to Petra to explore this ancient city, and see one of the Seven Wonders Of The World Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com ...

One of the New 7 Wonders of the World, this sprawling archaeological site became world-famous after a starring role in ...

Jordanian authorities evacuated hundreds of tourists from the ancient city of Petra on Sunday after heavy rains caused flash ...

But otherwise, the structure was untouched, another remnant of the city that Petra once had been, a bustling capital, where lives were lived and lost; an empire etched in time, where the city’s ...

Heavy rains struck southern Jordan on Sunday afternoon, triggering flash floods that poured into Petra’s narrow rock-carved passageways.

Petra, in southern Jordan, is a love letter to human civilisation from a long-lost empire ... long for the world to learn of Petra, since the city is largely concealed deep inside a network ...