Life imitates art as the location used for the Temple of the Holy Grail in the 1989 Steven Spielberg film Indiana Jones and ...

The Treasury of Petra is one of Jordan’s most emblematic monuments and was used as the setting for the movie ‘Indiana Jones ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra ... a temple for the worship of the deified King Obodas I. It was used as a church in the Byzantine period. Deep within Jordan ...

The Great Temple at Petra was completed in the first century ... then assistant director the American Center of Oriental Research in Jordan, excavated three churches dating to the fifth and ...

In the 1989 film 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade', the Temple of the Sun is the stunning ... carved out of a sandstone rock face in Petra, Jordan. They found a 'previously unknown' tomb ...

The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 18, 1861 On the Birs Nimrud, or the Great Temple ... On the Birs Nimrud, or the Great Temple of Borsippa This is the metadata ...

From Egypt’s Great Sphinx of Giza to the extraordinary carved city of Petra in Jordan. These remnants of ... As its name suggests, this temple was built in honour of Jupiter, the Roman god ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. At the heart of the ...

The great wealth the Spaniards ... He failed miserably.” 1 of 12 Petra, JordanA person standing in the doorway of the Monastery at Petra, Jordan, shows the enormity of the ancient building's ...

You might be able to get a great deal if you hold off booking a hotel near Winged Lion Temple until the last minute. This is because sometimes hotels in Petra lower prices a day or two before the ...

The two marble altars were both part of the same temple (Photo of Nello Musumec) AMMAN — Puteoli was a Roman city in the Bay of Naples and merchant hub. The group of Italian archaeologists specialised ...

Petra, Jordan ... The Acropolis itself is a temple dedicated to Athena, the goddess of love, and it has stunning architecture ...