It begins from the side of the road just outside Uum Sayoun, from this location, and loops for 9-miles (about 15 km) to the Ancient City of Petra, and out the other side to the town of Wadi Musa.

For many tourists, the visit to the ancient city in southwest Jordan ends here. But Petra has much more to offer, including more than 600 stone facades and an intriguing list of clues about its ...

In a case of 'history imitating art', human remains and a 'Holy Grail' cup have been found under the real-life filming location of Al Khazneh, Petra, Jordan.

Petra, in southern Jordan, is a love letter to human civilization from a long-lost empire. The Nabataeans, a nomadic Arabic people, began chiselling away at the natural sandstone surroundings ...

Photo story: hiking the Jordan Trail to the ancient city of Petra. The 50-mile, multi-day hike from the hamlet of Dana to the ancient ‘Rose City’ of Petra is one of the most epic stretches of ...

A hidden tomb was found in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra NPR's Eric Westervelt talks to Dr Richard Bates, a geophysicist, about the discovery of a hidden tomb in Jordan's ancient city of Petra.

UNESCO World Heritage tags indicate sites of outstanding cultural or natural significance that are recognised for their ...

The Treasury in Petra, Jordan, is a famous tourist site and features in an Indiana Jones movie. Now archaeologists say they've found a remarkable 12 complete skeletons in a hidden tomb beneath it.

In a case of 'history imitating art', human remains and a 'Holy Grail' cup have been found under the real-life filming location of Al Khazneh, Petra, Jordan.

New secret tomb found in the ancient city of Petra contains the remains of at least 12 humans and a 'Holy Grail' cup. The 2,000-year-old building featured in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' ...

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 ...