When Burckhardt arrived in Petra in August 1812, he noted that the majority of the structures appeared to have served a funerary purpose. The significant Greek influence on the architecture was ...

Petra’s towering edifices were conjured from dust not once but twice. First in biblical times when the structures were hand-carved from the walls of the desert basin, and again in 1812.

In fact, when Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt encountered Petra in 1812, reintroducing the site to the West, he was led there by a Bedouin guide. Bedouins still lived there until 1985 ...

Petra served as the capital of the Nabataean ... But the city’s population had long dwindled by 1812 when the Swiss adventurer Johann Burckhardt pretended to be a Muslim pilgrim looking for ...

Petra fell into decline following earthquakes in the fourth and sixth centuries A.D. It was not even on Western maps until it was rediscovered in 1812 by the Swiss traveler Johann Ludwig Burckhardt.

Petra, carved into the rose-red cliffs of Jordan ... lying dormant until Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt rediscovered it in 1812. The site is recognized as one of the New Seven Wonders ...

Petra, the world-famous ancient settlement carved ... its “discovery” by Swiss traveler Johann Ludwig Burckhardt in 1812. As is the case with other top-destination archaeological sites like ...

Petra was not rediscovered by Western exploration until 1812, receiving UNESCO World Heritage Site designation in 1985. In 2007, it was voted one of the new seven wonders of the world. But it is ...