Welcome: You've made it to Petra, the "Rose City," one of the ... land that became this ancient hidden city as early the Paleolithic era. This part of Jordan is also religiously significant ...

Deep within Jordan’s desolate desert canyons and ... whose vast wealth would turn Petra into the Rose City. These were the Nabataeans, descended, according to Jewish-Roman writer Josephus ...

For many tourists, the visit to the ancient city in southwest Jordan ends here. But Petra has much more to offer, including more than 600 stone facades and an intriguing list of clues about its ...

Jordan (Alamy) One of the new wonders of the world, the ancient city of Petra tends to be top of most tourists’ lists – and for very good reason. The ‘rose city’ is not only a Unesco World ...