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 ...

Burckhardt knew that he had found a mysterious lost city, rumors of which had reached him on his desert travels. He was the first European to have entered Petra for many centuries. Swathed in Arab ...

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 ...