At the end of the Siq-a narrow, winding gorge through ruby-red sandstone in southwestern Jordan-lies one of the most ...

The ancient city of Petra, which was carved into the desert cliffs of modern-day Jordan, might look inhospitably bone-dry today, but new archaeological evidence shows that its first-century ...

NEW YORK - Temples and tombs carved into the rock face. An advanced irrigation system that created gardens and pools in the desert. This was Petra - the prosperous city at the crossroads of ...

Petra: Lost City of Stone is the most comprehensive exhibition ever presented on the ancient, Middle Eastern city of Petra and its creators - the Nabataeans. And it's coming to Grand Rapids. The ...

PETRA, Jordan - President Barack Obama set aside the Middle East's tricky politics Saturday to marvel at the beauty of one of the region's most stunning sites, the fabled ancient city of Petra. "This ...

More than two hundred years after Western explorers uncovered the ancient city of Petra in the present-day country of Jordan, researchers have discovered another hidden ruin buried beneath the UNESCO ...

How did early engineers carve tombs into rock cliffs and funnel water to this desert city? In a daring experiment, an archaeologist and sculptors team up to carve an iconic temple-tomb to find out how ...