Built over 2,000 years ago ... is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold ...

Though they occupied various areas of southern Jordan, Arabia ... It is unclear exactly when the Nabataeans built Petra, but by the 1st century BCE, traces of Hellenistic and Roman influence ...

Here's a look at the 7 NEW wonders of the world Petra in Jordan features stunning rock-cut structures Built majorly by the Ming dynasty, the Great Wall of China is a stunning architectural feat ...

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 ...

Petra, his only poem ... and whose remains lie in modern-day Jordan. Few images are more striking than that of the ornate pink two-storey frontage of the tomb known as the Treasury, seen cropped ...