For many tourists, the visit to the ancient city in southwest Jordan ... channels into the rock to collect rainwater. They also built dams and reservoirs to store water. Petra contains more ...

"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 ...

Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. Petra is ...

Deep within Jordan’s desolate ... Moses struck the rock. Road into PetraSun shines the the Siq, a 250-foot-high crack, along the main road into the ancient city of Petra. Photograph by Annie ...

I choose economy, and we canter on our donkeys through the steep valleys that surround Petra, in Jordan ... into the soft rock. Lonely Planet Images Traders from Egypt and Greece traveled the city ...

Cliffs tower over this narrow path, which weaves through the sinewy rock for 1.2km ... captivating view is after dark, when Petra by Night tours into the city see the ancient monuments illuminated ...

Imagine walking into Petra, Jordan without the hustle and bustle of tourists clamoring over each other for photos and mule ...

Petra, in southern Jordan, is a love letter to human civilisation from a long-lost empire. The Nabataeans, a nomadic Arabic people, began chiselling away at the natural sandstone surroundings ...