On top of giving you immersive digital tours of thousands of artifacts from museums around the world, Google has decided to cut out the middleman (read: gallery) and take you straight to the source if ...

PETRA, THE ANCIENT CITY sculpted out of the red-rock cliffs in the Jordanian desert, is one of the most renowned archaeological sites in the world. In planning my visit last fall, I assumed it would ...

Google continues to expand the range of its Street View project. Today, the company is launching imagery from the ancient rock-cut city of Petra, in Jordan (and one of the seven wonders of the world, ...

When it comes to ancient cities, they don’t come much more exotic than Petra in Jordan, made famous by Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and that’s where Google’s Trekker takes us with its latest ...

Fly over the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. This unique footage reveals the ...

An aerial image of the mysterious rectangular feature found at Petra, which the archaeologists call "SM Platform." (UAV composite image created by I. LaBianca; S. Parcak overlaid the data on the WV-1 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about luxury hideaways and unique travel experiences. When invited to visit the Kingdom of Jordan a few years back ...

New archaeological research dates the heyday of terrace farming at the ancient desert city of Petra to the first century. This development led to an explosion of agricultural activity, increasing the ...

Did you know Petra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985? It covers 264 square kilometers and welcomes nearly a million visitors yearly. Known as the Rose-Red City, its architecture glows with ...

Petra, in southern Jordan, is a love letter to human civilization from a long-lost empire. The Nabataeans, a nomadic Arabic people, began chiselling away at the natural sandstone surroundings around 2 ...