Jordan has seen a decrease in the number of tourists visiting its famed ancient city of Petra and other sites since the Gaza ...

Jordan has had a sharp drop in visitors to its ancient city of Petra and other sites since war broke out in Gaza almost two years ago, it was revealed on Monday. Figures released by the Petra ...

A tomb beneath Petra’s Treasury reveals 12 skeletons and 2,000-year-old artifacts. Archaeologists call it a rare find, ...

Petra is known as a stunning city which attracts tourists from all over the globe but there is now more than meets the eye of ...

Petra: Lost City of Stone Season 42 Episode 5 | 53m 36s | CC In a daring experiment, an archaeologist and sculptors team up to carve an iconic temple-tomb to find out how the ancient people of ...

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.

Reconstructing Petra Two thousand years ago, it was the capital of a powerful trading empire. Now archaeologists are piecing together a picture of Jordan’s compelling rock city ...

Petra is home to more than 600 hypogea, tombs carved into the rocky walls of the valley. Many are simple burial chambers with loculi—niches in which to lay the dead—with no external decoration.

Petra, which 2,000 years ago was on the thriving caravan trade route for frankincense and spices, is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Petra Kvitova was attacked in her home in December 2016. This is the story of her survival, her return to tennis, and how it changed her.

It was 1983 and Petra was one of the biggest and best “Christian rock” bands in the world. That meant that they sold more records and tickets than about ten other groups, but it was impressive ...