AMMAN — On Tuesday, Petra’s Al Khazneh archaeological temple was lit blue to mark World Cancer Day, which falls annually on February 4. The event was organised by the Petra Development and Tourism ...

Did you know Petra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985? It covers 264 square kilometers and welcomes nearly a million ...

Over the last nine months, Patrick Mitchell has been sampling a variety of hummus, baba ghanoush and tabbouli. Mitchell is the executive chef of the Prince Conference Center at Calvin College, which ...

On a mission to find the source of the Niger River, Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt found himself in Jordan and, after following his local guide, stumbled upon the ruins of the ancient city of ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old tomb containing 12 skeletons beneath the "Treasury" in the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. In Arabic, the Treasury is known as "Al-Khazneh," which ...

Archaeologists are buzzing with the astonishing claim that they may have discovered Jesus' Holy Grail cup beneath Jordan's renowned Al Khazneh, famously depicted as a temple in Indiana Jones and the ...

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Satellite imagery and pictures from aerial drones helped researchers discover an ancient monument in Petra roughly as long as a ...

In a twist straight out of a Hollywood script, archaeologists have stumbled upon what they believe to be the Holy Grail beneath Jordan's iconic Al Khazneh, the very site that featured in Indiana Jones ...

"Petra" is the Greek word for "rock." But the Arabic term, al-madina al-ward ah (rose-colored city), far better evokes the beauty of this enigmatic site. Located in western Jordan, Petra was built in ...

The mysterious wooden statue Shigir Idol is found to be 11,000 years old, or 1,500 years older than previously believed, according to new tests, making it the oldest known wooden sculpture in the ...