Petra is home to more than 600 hypogea, tombs carved into the rocky ... Heading south through what is now Jordan, he overheard people talking about a city located near Jebel Haroun, where the ...
Carved from rock in modern-day Jordan, Petra prospered for centuries under Nabataean and Roman rule. This dazzling settlement ...
concentrating mostly on the rock-carved Nabataean tombs and shrines, and have paid less attention to other periods within the city or to its outskirts. “This has led to the narrative that Petra ...
It's the shade of southern Jordan's sandstone mountains, and the city of enormous temples and tombs carved from them by hand over 2,000 years ago. I'm at the Glenbow to visit Petra: Lost City of ...
At the heart of the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, carved into pink sandstone cliffs, lies an elaborate monument known as the Khaznah, or the Treasury. And buried beneath that edifice ...
Carved out of rock, the sudden entrance into the ancient Nabatean city through a narrow ... But there is a concern in Jordan that a campaign warning off tourists from Petra could be ...
But on a recent visit to Petra, a city carved from rose-coloured rock and Jordan’s most-visited tourist attraction, businesses were boarded up. “There are no revenues, it’s all losses,” Al ...