A recent trip to Jordan reminded me how much the travel industry needs to change. Too often, we see only the highlight reel of a destination. In Jordan, the highlight is the beloved ancient rose city ...

More than 2,000 years ago, the thriving city of Petra rose up in the bone-dry desert of what is now Jordan. An oasis of culture and abundance, the city was built by wealthy merchants who carved ...

In the ancient city of Petra, Jordan's best-known tourist destination, bird song echoes against the multicolored rock and the elaborate monuments instead of the din of tour groups and souvenir sellers ...

The ancient city of Petra has recorded its highest single-day visitor count since 2023, signaling a robust recovery for Jordan’s tourism sector and a renewed vote of international confidence in the ...

The ancient city of Petra may be one of the world’s best-known archaeological sites, but it still has secrets to reveal. A massive “monumental platform” has been discovered within the Petra UNESCO ...

At the famous Petra World Heritage site in Jordan, researchers have discovered a large new monumental platform roughly a half mile from the city center— and they did it by utilizing Google Earth, ...

The ancient city of Petra, which was carved into the desert cliffs of modern-day Jordan, might look inhospitably bone-dry today, but new archaeological evidence shows that its first-century ...

Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Imad Hijazin and Chief Commissioner of the Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA) Fares Braizat on Tuesday toured the archaeological site in the ...

Petra: Lost City of Stone is the most comprehensive exhibition ever presented on the ancient, Middle Eastern city of Petra and its creators - the Nabataeans. And it's coming to Grand Rapids. The ...

Archaeologists have used satellite imagery and drone photography to discover an enormous ceremonial platform near the center of the ancient city of Petra. Sarah Parcak and Christopher Tuttle published ...

PETRA, Jordan ― “Here, this is the gateway to the monastery, the most beautiful and famous monument of Petra,” said Abraham Mashaleh, 48, a Jordanian native born and raised in Petra who has worked as ...