For many tourists, the visit to the ancient city in southwest Jordan ends here. But Petra has much more to offer, including more than 600 stone facades and an intriguing list of clues about its ...

For hundreds of years, the 2,300-year-old city of Petra, Jordan was largely abandoned and uninhabited. Today, welcoming around a million visitors per year, it’s one of the most popular tourist ...

A series of stunning texts more than 2,000 years old have revealed fascinating insights into the day-to-day lives of Petra's ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building ...

Against the backdrop of the ancient Nabatean city, a group of global Eisenhower Fellows reunited in Jordan, exploring Petra’s ...

Petra, an ancient city nestled within the harsh deserts of Jordan, continues to captivate archaeologists and historians alike with its stunning architecture, rich history, and particularly its ...

JEF Chairman Mazen Hmoud stresses the importance of discussing the rose-red city's tourism challenges amidst regional developments (File photo) AMMAN — The Jordan Economic Forum (JEF) has held a ...

Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. Petra is ...