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 ...

At the end of the Siq-a narrow, winding gorge through ruby-red sandstone in southwestern Jordan ... Petra's Theatre, which likely could hold some 8,500 spectators, is also cut into the rock ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

With thousands of years of history carved into the rocks, the Rose City’s architectural beauty and links to a forgotten past are as beguiling as ever, says Paul Stafford ...

PETRA, Jordan, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rally Jameel, the first women-only navigational rally in the Middle East, officially kicked off in the iconic city of Petra, Jordan, marking the ...

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 ...

PETRA, Jordan, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rally Jameel, the first women-only navigational rally in the Middle East, officially kicked off in the iconic city of Petra ... ancient trade routes, ...