For many tourists, the visit to the ancient city in southwest Jordan ends here. But Petra has much more to offer, including more than 600 stone facades and an intriguing list of clues about its ...

Petra, Jordan I drove from Amman to Petra to explore this ancient city, and see one of the Seven Wonders Of The World ...

Petra is one of the most iconic destinations in the world. Even those who don't know anything about the country of Jordan ...

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" is the Greek word for "rock." But the Arabic term, al-madina al-ward ah (rose-colored city), far better evokes the beauty of this enigmatic site. Located in western Jordan, Petra was built ...

The Royal Tombs and a detail of the stone Christina Rizk So much of Petra feels like ... and since I left Jordan the company has begun work at Chichen Itza, the Mayan city in the Yucatán.

For centuries, members of the B’doul Bedouin tribe lived in the caves around the ancient city of Petra, Jordan. Then, in the 1980s, the government forced the tribe to move in the name of preserving ...

There’s a reason it took so long for the world to learn of Petra ... only adding to the city’s allure. Although it’s not mandatory, leaving a tip goes down well in Jordan and 10-15 per ...