Petra travel guide: Where to stay, eat, drink and shop in Jordan’s rose-red ancient city
Where to stay, eat, drink and shop in Jordan’s rose-red ancient city - CITY GUIDES: With thousands of years of history carved ...
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Petra lost and found
In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra ... the Nabataean kingdom. This little-understood Middle Eastern culture ruled much of modern-day Jordan from the third century ...
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Who built the ‘lost city’ of Petra—and why did they leave?
Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the ...