Film buffs know it as the temple where Harrison Ford ... that once ruled much of what is now Jordan. These wealthy spice traders built Petra as a massive complex of monuments, tombs and ...

Footage from Jordan's most-visited tourist attraction 150 miles south of Jerusalem shows a river of water pouring into the gorge into the entrance of the Petra temple as panicked tourists flee.

Deep within Jordan’s desolate desert ... In reality, this building, the only example at Petra of a monument not sculpted out of rock, is a large temple. A tetrastyle structure (with four columns ...

The combination of Hellenistic architecture with traditional Nabataean rock-cut temple/tombs can be seen ... The city center is part of Jordan’s Petra Archaeological Park, which covers 264,000 ...

Earlier archaeologists considered the Great Temple an unsalvageable ... curious remains of ancient art." Petra has lately fulfilled that prophesy. It is now Jordan's top tourist destination ...

Another, the once free-standing Great Temple—which probably ... and according to Jordan’s Princess Dana Firas, the head of the Petra National Trust, the data will help identify and measure ...

Most people associate ancient Nabataean civilization with Petra, the roughly 9,000-year-old “Rose City” carved out of sandstone in the deserts of Jordan—and for good reason, as it’s one of ...

Violent floods have ripped through the ancient city of Petra in southern Jordan, triggering the evacuation ... Petra's ancient rock-cut Nabatean temple dubbed "the Treasury", the best-known ...

Medaina Festival transforms Petra into a new frontier for electronic music - The multi-day Jordanian festival brought ...

Jordan is condemning Jewish visits to the Temple Mount, warning of “catastrophic consequences” should Israel not cease what it says are violations of the status quo at the fragile holy site. A ...

Jordan , a land of historical wonders and natural beauty, offers travellers an incredible journey through time, especially within the ancient city of Petra. Known for its intricate rock-cut ...

Among the most striking is the Temple ... Jordan – with its complex historical layering and relative geopolitical stability – is a compelling setting for such experimentation. Petra and ...