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

Petra may be one of the world’s best-known archaeological and tourist sites, but it still has secrets to reveal in the deserts of southern Jordan.

That old world technology, they say, might just save the ancient monument built 2,000 years ago by the Nabatean civilization. Cynthia Finlayson and her students are wrapping up their third year of ...

Built over 2,000 years ago, the iconic desert city continues to mesmerize tourists and archaeologists alike. Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in ...

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

For 10 days, a photojournalist drove across Jordan from north to south, visiting several of the country’s most treasured sites. Here’s what he saw. Petra’s Ad Deir, or the Monastery, at ...