Famous spots like Al-Khazneh and Ad-Deir show the ancient builders’ skill. Today, visitors explore Petra’s secrets, learning ...

Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. Photograph by Image Professionals GmbH/Alamy Stock Photo. By Carolyn Wilke.

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Showing results for: Ad Deir Jordan carved by Nabatean nobads . Discovering Petra. Maxine Rose Schur discovers that at dusk, after the tourists have left, Jordan's ancient ruin comes to splendid life.

The 2,000-year-old desert city created an adventurous backdrop for Indiana Jones, but today, drought, floods, and sandstorms imperil it. Ancient technology could be the key to surviving.

P etra, in southern Jordan, is a love letter to human civilisation from a long-lost empire.The Nabataeans, a nomadic Arabic people, began chiselling away at the natural sandstone surroundings ...

On Monday, a group of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers placed concrete blocks around Palestinian water springs in the Khirbet ad-Deir village, in the Northern Plains of the Jordan Valley in the ...

A left-leaning watchdog group released an ad Monday targeting Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and supporters of his Speakership candidacy for Jordan’s role in former President Trump’s attempts to ...

Maxine Rose Schur discovers that at dusk, after the tourists have left, Jordan's ancient ruin comes to splendid life. 11/27/1997 01:00 UTC I'd visited the Armenian Genocide memorial to remember ...