Petra is known as a stunning city which attracts tourists from all over the globe but there is now more than meets the eye of ...

Petra is just a short walk away from the center of Wadi Musa. Some hotels may offer shuttles, else you have taxis. Petra is about 236km/ 3 hours from Amman, the capital of Jordan via the Desert ...

You'll pass a Greek-style amphitheater -- like much of Petra carved from a sheer rock face -- on your way to the bottom of the canyon, where there's a good restaurant that serves as a turning point.

Petrans carved channels through solid rock, ... Petra is also a top contender in an international contest to name the New Seven Wonders of the World.

Petra enjoys fame for the carved rock ruins left by the Nabateans, an Arab civilization that arose centuries before Jesus and survived until Roman legions incorporated it into their vast empire.

The ancient city of Petra, which was carved into the desert cliffs of modern-day Jordan, might look inhospitably bone-dry today, but new archaeological evidence shows that its first-century ...

July 12, 2007 - Nissan Middle East celebrated the voting of Petra, Jordan's ancient Nabataean city, as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. The new architectural marvel was announced during a ...