Imagine walking into Petra, Jordan without the hustle and bustle of tourists clamoring over each other for photos and mule ...

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 around 2 ...

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 Wadi ...

It’s been hailed as a stunning discovery. A team of archaeologists have unearthed a hidden tomb in Jordan’s ancient city of Petra. Researchers found the tomb in the UNESCO World Heritage site under ...

An ancient civilization built the famous, stone-hewn city of Petra so that the sun would illuminate their sacred places like celestial spotlights, a new study says. Petra, a giant metropolis of tombs, ...

Spectacular visuals created by projection-mapping expert Maxin10sity shined brightly at the recent Petra Light Festival, the first-ever multimedia show at the ancient sandstone ruins of Petra in ...

Conservation experts almost gave up when they first saw the severely damaged wall paintings they had come to rescue in the ancient city of Petra. Cloaked for centuries in grimy soot from Bedouin camp ...

NPR's Eric Westervelt talks to Dr Richard Bates, a geophysicist, about the discovery of a hidden tomb in Jordan's ancient city of Petra. It's been hailed as a stunning discovery. A team of ...