Heavy rainfall hit the ancient desert city of Petra in Jordan on Monday (December 26) causing severe flooding in the area. Water from nearby mountains in Jordan gushed into the iconic city, which ...

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 ...

Twelve skeletons have been found in a large, 2,000-year-old tomb directly in front of the Khazneh ("Treasury") in the city of Petra in Jordan. Alongside them, excavators have discovered grave ...

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 the treasury, a massive building carved into ...

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.

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 ...

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. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an ...

Adapting to floods The mountains around Petra are shaped like a bowl, with the ancient city at the center. Elevation across the sprawling, 100-square-mile site varies by more than 3,000 feet.

PETRA, Jordan -- President Barack Obama marveled at the sights of Jordan's ancient city of Petra on Saturday as he wrapped up a four-day Middle East tour by setting aside weighty diplomatic ...

An ancient civilization built the famous, stone-hewn city of Petra so that the sun would illuminate their sacred places like celestial spotlights, a new study says. Petra, a giant metropolis of ...

AMMAN - The number of tourists who visited Jordan's ancient city of Petra in 2008 stood at 800,000 compared with 500,000 in 2007, the Petra Archaeological Park said on Sunday.

Jordan's ancient city Petra was officially declared a candidate Tuesday in the contest to name the new seven wonders of the world at a ceremony amid its rose-colored stone buildings.