Built over 2,000 years ago, the iconic desert city ... book for travelers and might include a name and a supplication to a god. Tombs are found carved into sandstone cliffs throughout Petra.

A passionate scholar of the Arab world, Burckhardt knew that he had found a mysterious lost city ... Book of Exodus—in which Moses makes water flow by striking a rock from his staff—is set in ...

Welcome: You've made it to Petra, the "Rose City," one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Archaeological evidence indicates that humans settled the land that became this ancient hidden city as ...

Petra, once a thriving political, cultural, and economic centre in the ancient world, holds a significant place in the history of the Middle East. Established by the Nabateans, an indigenous ...