Inside is a funerary chamber ... whose works make reference to the mysterious Petra, he realized, with growing excitement, that he might be near the “lost” city itself. He made up a convincing ...

Twelve skeletons have been found in a large, 2,000-year-old tomb directly in front of the Khazneh ("Treasury") in the city of ...

Petra, the fabled "rose red city, half as old as time," one of the ... In 1189, Petra was abandoned and the memory of it was lost to the West. The ruins were hidden for about 650 years.