Petra: the ancient city carved out of red sandstone in Jordan. Stunning architecture in a dramatic natural setting, combining Hellenistic elements with traditional Nabataean rock-hewn tombs and ...

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I hope they might be able to teach us something today." Located in modern day Jordan, Petra was built in the 1st century BC and was inhabited by about 20,000 people at its peak. The building is ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building ...

Archaeologists have discovered a secret tomb at the Treasury monument in Petra, Jordan - one of the Seven Wonders of the World. A long-buried tomb containing the remains of 12 ancient skeletons ...

Many before him had tried and failed to realise Frank Lloyd Wright’s proposal for a 5,000 sq ft residence on Petra Island, a heart-shaped private ... Architecture-trained Craig Kellogg’s first article ...

12 full skeletons in a tomb beneath one of Jordan's biggest tourist attractions. The remains were found beneath the Treasury, also called Al Khazneh, in the ancient city of Petra — famous as a ...

then assistant director the American Center of Oriental Research in Jordan, excavated three churches dating to the fifth and sixth centuries on a slope overlooking Petra’s main thoroughfare ...

A recent discovery made at a historic site in Jordan shares an uncanny resemblance ... including the Treasury by hand in Petra, it has become a tourist attraction and was used as a film location ...

A recent excavation has unearthed 12 human skeletons and a chamber of grave offerings near Petra’s Treasury building ... a nonprofit based in Jordan and directed by Dr. Creasman, a professor ...

The Treasury in Petra, Jordan, is a famous tourist site and features in an Indiana Jones movie. Now archaeologists say they've found a remarkable 12 complete skeletons in a hidden tomb beneath it.