Archaeologists have much more to learn about a city that once thrummed with life. Many of the buildings that housed people collapsed along with other secular buildings. Before earthquakes damaged the ...

A journey through the Siq, the Treasury, and the Monastery reveals the breathtaking scale and hidden history of the Nabatean ...

The Nabataeans built Petra more than 2000 years ago. Not much is known about the Nabataeans, who emerged in Arabia in the 4th century BCE. Originally nomads who spoke Arabic and later a form of ...

The flooding in Petra occurred suddenly, catching tourists at prominent sites such as the Treasury, one of the site's iconic tombs. Jordanian authorities evacuated nearly 1,800 tourists from the ...

Discover the best time to visit Petra, Jordan’s breathtaking sandstone sensation, and plan your journey to one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. ByAlex Ledsom, Senior Contributor. Forbes ...

Petra, the world-famous ancient settlement carved into the sandstone slabs of Jordan’s Ma’an Governorate, is thought to have been constructed by the Nabateans between the 7th and 4th century B.C.E.

New archaeological research dates the heyday of terrace farming at the ancient desert city of Petra to the first century. This development led to an explosion of agricultural activity, increasing the ...

"Petra" is the Greek word for "rock." But the Arabic term, al-madina al-ward ah (rose-colored city), far better evokes the beauty of this enigmatic site. Located in western Jordan, Petra was built in ...

Ukrainian tourist Ruslana Novak and her friend had Jordan's ancient city of Petra almost entirely to themselves as they ...