The 2,000-year-old Nabatean ruins include an amphitheater, courthouse, monastery and many homes and mausoleums. Little Petra, a smaller settlement of Nabatean ruins about 6 miles from the main ...

PETRA, Jordan - Walking ... “Not as many tourists come here anymore,” said a 16-year old Bedouin girl ... I think there are more than 700 families who don’t have houses and are living ...

Archaeologists uncover a 2,000-year-old tomb beneath Petra's Treasury in Jordan, revealing 12 skeletons and well-preserved artifacts. Led by Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman, the team explores the ...

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 ...

Perfect Petra and the jewels of Jordan: Stepping back 5,000 years in just five nights . By SANDRA HOWARD FOR MAILONLINE Updated: 13:54 EDT, 19 December 2011 ...

The 2,000-year-old desert city created an adventurous backdrop for Indiana Jones, but today, drought, floods, and sandstorms imperil it. Ancient technology could be the key to surviving.

Travellers faces light up like children on Christmas morning when they see the ancient treasury carved into the side of the rose-coloured rock facade for the first … ...

Archaeologists found a tomb with 12 skeletons beneath the Treasury in Petra, Jordan. ... artifacts that are estimated to be at least 2,000 years old. ... buried is such prime real estate; ...

Left: Exterior of the monastery in Petra, the ancient capital of the Nabateans located in modern-day Jordan. Right: Rendering of the exterior of the Sharaan by Jean Nouvel Resort, set to open in 2024.