Photograph by Taylor Kennedy, Nat Geo Image Collection “If you’d like to visit Petra, you can’t cover it in one day,” says ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded ...

In its prime, Petra was one of the most lavish cities in history—more Las Vegas than Athens. Accustomed to tents, the early Nabateans had no significant building traditions, so with their sudden ...

Petra and its lost ancient civilisation has perplexed researchers for years. It was once a thriving hub of politics, culture and economics — one of the most important waypoints of the region. The ...

Petra is the lost Middle Eastern civilisation that has stunned archaeologists for decades. It was once the centre of the world, a hub of politics, culture and finance. When the Silk Road — the passage ...

Hundreds of stone-carved artifacts from Petra, famous as "the Jordanian rose-red city half as old as time," are part of a major exhibition that opens on Saturday at the American Museum of Natural ...

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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 ...