Archaeologists have used satellite imagery and drone photography to discover an enormous ceremonial platform near the center of the ancient city of Petra. Sarah Parcak and Christopher Tuttle published ...

A team of archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old tomb beneath one of the seven wonders of the world in Petra, Jordan ...

PETRA, Jordan – In ancient times, Arab tribesmen dug diversion tunnels to protect their low-lying trading post of Petra against desert flash floods. More than two millennia later, an alarm system ...

Egyptian artist Mohamed Nour visited the ancient city of Petra, touring its landmark sites and learning about the rich history that makes the Rose-Red City one of the world’s premier tourist ...

The ancient city of Petra, which was carved into the desert cliffs of modern-day Jordan, might look inhospitably bone-dry today, but new archaeological evidence shows that its first-century ...

For over two millennia the ancient city of Petra has towered majestically over the Jordanian desert. Today its famed rose-red temples hewn into the rockface lie empty and silent. As the novel ...

PETRA, Jordan — President Barack Obama set aside the Middle East's tricky politics Saturday to marvel at the beauty of one of the region's most stunning sites, the fabled ancient city of Petra. "This ...

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 ...

PETRA, Jordan President Barack Obama set aside the Middle East s tricky politics Saturday to marvel at the beauty of one of the region s most stunning sites, the fabled ancient city of Petra. This is ...

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2017 file photo, tourists brave a rare rainstorm in plastic ponchos to hike deeper into Jordan's famous Petra archaeological park, southern Jordan. In ancient times, Arab ...