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 ...

Though they occupied various areas of southern Jordan, Arabia, and the Naqab (or Negev) Desert, the Nabataeans made Petra, surrounded by sandstone mountains and cliffs, their capital city.

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 ...

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 ...

ALBAWABA - Petra, the Rose Red city in the southern part of Jordan is back in action buzzing with tourists. The number of visitors is recording sky high figures at 147% just for January.

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN - The Jordan Economic Forum (JEF) has held a dialogue session to assess the status of tourism in Petra city, examining the effects of the current Political conditions ...

In 1845, theologian John William Burgon wrote one of the most quoted lines in English poetry: “Match me such marvel save in Eastern clime, a rose-red city half as old as time.” Petra ...

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The administrative, medical and nursing crews are "proud" of their presence in the strip (Petra photo) AMMAN — New staff at the Jordanian field hospital in southern Gaza on Sunday ... with "all ...

Amman, January 28 (Petra) -- The Jordan renewable energy ... aims to enhance energy efficiency and renewable energy in the southern Jordan Valley. The project, set to be implemented over five ...

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 ...