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 ...

PETRA, Jordan (AP) — 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 ...

An ancient civilization built the famous, stone-hewn city of Petra so that the sun would illuminate their sacred places like celestial spotlights, a new study says. Petra, a giant metropolis of tombs, ...

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 (WKRC) - A secret tomb was found beneath a Wonder of the World and iconic Indiana Jones filming location. The Treasury (Al-Khazneh) in the ancient city of Petra is a colossal carving set ...

It’s been hailed as a stunning discovery. A team of archaeologists have unearthed a hidden tomb in Jordan’s ancient city of Petra. Researchers found the tomb in the UNESCO World Heritage site under ...

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 ...

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 around 2 ...