Less than a century after it was rediscovered, National Geographic's correspondent explored the ruins of Petra and found its ...

Petra Great Temple, a structure that dates back to the first century B.C., is rich in history and has become one of the largest attractions in the Middle East. Professor Emerita of Archaeology Martha ...

In Jordan’s extraordinary rose-red “Lost City” of Petra, I have just huffed up 700 zigzagging stone-carved steps to the ancient mountaintop High Place of Sacrifice with its sacred altar and goat-blood ...

Volume 2 Archaeological contexts of the remains and excavations : Brown University excavations in Jordan at the Petra Great Temple, 1993-2007 Volume 3 Brown University excavations 1993-2008.

PETRA, Jordan (AP) — In ancient times, Arab tribesmen dug diversion tunnels to protect their low-lying trading post of Petra against desert flash floods. More than two millennia later, an alarm system ...