MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years. The all-male autonomous community, known ...

During the winter solstice, the sun shines into the monastery at Petra in Jordan, illuminating the podium of a deity. As it does, the silhouette of the mountain opposite creates the image of a lion's ...

Add the Monastery at Petra to the monuments that humans probably built for astronomical purposes. New research suggests that ancient architects tracked the motion of the sun and constructed the ...

AMMAN — Chief Commissioner of the Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA) Fares Braizat on Tuesday presented a sculpture representing Ad-Deir (The Monastery), one of Petra’s most iconic ...

When the winter solstice occurs, the setting sun shines upon a podium of the Monastery at Petra. This produces the silhouette of a lion's head that shines on the rocks opposite to the structure. Add ...

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Add the Monastery at Petra to the monuments that humans probably built for astronomical purposes. New research suggests that ancient architects tracked the motion of the sun and constructed the ...