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 ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building ...

Despite its golden era, Petra declined as the incense trade waned in the 3rd century CE. Over time, the city was abandoned ... fully appreciate its depth and history. Guides, like those available ...

It is probably one of the world’s only cities that was made by subtraction rather than addition, a city you literally enter into, penetrate, rather than approach. Petra will draw you in ...

you’ll find the Petra Museum, a modern facility which opened in 2019 to exhibit the archaeological treasures unearthed in and around the ancient city. Charting the settlement’s history from the ...

For centuries, members of the B’doul Bedouin tribe lived in the caves around the ancient city of Petra, Jordan. Then, in the 1980s, the government forced the tribe to move in the name of preserving ...

Lonely Planet Images Traders from Egypt and Greece traveled the city's main road ... In its prime, Petra was one of the most lavish cities in history—more Las Vegas than Athens.

Petra is one of the most iconic destinations in the world. Even those who don't know anything about the country of Jordan ...

The Bedoul, who claim ancestral heritage to the ancient city of Petra, face a complex conflict with the urbanizing ... The Problem of Nature Revisted: History and Anthropology. Current Anthropology, ...