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 a normal year, Alyan and Sharhan, the pair of camels that greet visitors as they enter Jordan's ancient city of Petra, would have little rest.

A recent excavation has unearthed 12 human skeletons and a chamber of grave offerings near Petra’s Treasury building, a UNESCO World Heritage site. By Ali Watkins By the time Dr. Richard Bates swept ...

Since the crack was detected in March 2009, three missions were undertaken by a UNESCO expert (April, June, and August 2009). These expert missions determined that the rock is in an extremely unstable ...

Petra, one of Jordan’s most iconic landmarks, is famously known as the Rose City because of its stunning rose-red sandstone cliffs and rock-cut architecture. This ancient Nabataean city captivates ...