Petra is known as a stunning city which attracts tourists from all over the globe but there is now more than meets the eye of ...

A tomb beneath Petra’s Treasury reveals 12 skeletons and 2,000-year-old artifacts. Archaeologists call it a rare find, ...

Costa not only dug into the behavior and power of the religious right in Brazil but lost sleep poring over apocalyptic texts ...

Petra Molnar is a lawyer and anthropologist specializing on the impacts of migration technologies on people crossing borders. She co-runs the Refugee Law Lab at York University and the Migration and ...

Petra is home to more than 600 hypogea, tombs carved into the rocky walls of the valley. Many are simple burial chambers with loculi—niches in which to lay the dead—with no external decoration.

Taj Mahal to Petra: Here's a look at the 7 NEW wonders of the world Taj Mahal to Petra: Here's a look at the 7 NEW wonders of the world Petra in Jordan features stunning rock-cut structures Built ...

The Jordan News Agency (Petra) on Sunday presented its 2026–2028 strategic plan to representatives from government ministries and public institutions as part of efforts to strengthen collaborative ...

Since then, Petra’s fame has grown. UNESCO inscribed the city’s ruins as a World Heritage site in 1985, and the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade used Petra as a stage for some scenes.

With his sixth feature, 'Petra,' Spanish Cannes regular Jaime Rosales delivers his most accessible film to date, an intense damaged-family drama set on a country estate.

Petra, which 2,000 years ago was on the thriving caravan trade route for frankincense and spices, is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Back in Petra, Paradise discovers a clue in the stone: chisel marks made from iron tools. PARADISE: The technologies used with chisels in stonework haven't changed in 2,000 years.