Petra travel guide: Where to stay, eat, drink and shop in Jordan’s rose-red ancient city ... The main entrance, on the city’s eastern side, offers the most dramatic introduction to the city.

There’s a reason it took so long for the world to learn of Petra, since the city is largely concealed deep inside a network of gorges and canyons.The main entrance, on the city’s eastern side ...

Today it serves as Petra's main entryway. It may be the most dramatic entrance to an urban space ever devised. In ancient times, though, the primary entrance into Petra was likely the road by ...

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 ...

There's long been speculation of underground chambers below the monument known as the Khaznah, or the Treasury, in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan -- and now it's been confirmed. Archaeologists ...

The Treasury, located near the main entrance to the city, is believed to be at least 2,000 years old. ... Petra, and the lives of the Nabataeans who once inhabited the area.

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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 ...