The iconic Roman Colosseum was illuminated in shades of pink inspired by Jordan’s ancient city of Petra as part of a cultural and tourism twinning initiative between the two UNESCO World Heritage ...

BATES: That's the really bizarre thing here because, of course, Petra - as you say, for a nomadic people, this was a settlement, and they were building in stone, but carving these stone mausoleums ...

Petra, the “pink city,” is a gateway to a vanished civilisation, a testament to human ingenuity in the face of hostile desert conditions. Founded almost 2,800 years ago by the Nabataeans (an ...

“People think they know Petra. They recognize the Treasury ... in front of the famous pink stone building. Also involved in the archaeological dig was a television crew from the show ...

This strategic location allowed Petra to flourish throughout the first century AD into an advanced and cosmopolitan city. Carved directly into the pink sandstone of the valley, Al Khazneh is one ...

Petra, carved into the rose-red cliffs of Jordan ... a facade with Hellenistic details, carved into the pink sandstone cliff. The structure, towering 40 meters high, is believed to have served ...

But Petra has much more to offer, including more than 600 stone facades and an intriguing list of clues about its past residents. Petra served as the capital of the Nabataean people for ...

Even if the Nabataeans caused a host of trouble for the Romans, aside from their ruined buildings and a few stone carvings in the desert, the lost city of Petra is no longer available to tell us the ...

Researchers found the tomb in the UNESCO World Heritage site under the treasury, a massive building carved into the pink sandstone ... of course, Petra - as you say, for a nomadic people, this was a ...