With none of the crowds but much of the mystique of Jordan's Petra facades, Hegra is a history-rich highlight in newly accessible Saudi Arabia In 1845, theologian John William Burgon wrote one of ...

Since then, Petra’s fame has grown. UNESCO inscribed the city’s ruins as a World Heritage site in 1985, and the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade used Petra as a stage for some scenes.

A whip wielded by Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” that once belonged to Princess Diana has sold at auction for $525,000. Thursday’s sale came a day after the Rosebud ...