A MUM and son tourist pair have died in flash floods that hit an ancient city, as hundreds were evacuated. Dramatic footage ...

Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the ...

One of the few entryways into Petra is a narrow passage, the Siq, at the end of which Petrans carved elaborate monuments into the soft rock. Lonely Planet Images "Donkey, horse or camel?" ...

Petra, carved into the rose-red cliffs of Jordan, continues to reveal its secrets. Early mapping techniques unveiled in 2016 revealed the potential ruins of a vast structure hidden beneath the sands, ...

Others are easy to miss, such as the cave known as the Triclinium, which has no facade at all but possesses the only intricately carved interior at Petra, with stone benches and walls lined with ...

Heavy rains struck southern Jordan on Sunday afternoon, triggering flash floods that poured into Petra’s narrow rock-carved ...

Jordanian authorities evacuated hundreds of tourists from the ancient city of Petra on Sunday after flash floods surged ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the new seven wonders of the world, Petra is a giant metropolis of tombs, monuments, and other elaborate religious structures directly carved into sandstone ...

It wasn’t just buildings carved into cliff faces though, the Valleys of Petra also housed a number of freestanding buildings as well. In 1985, Petra was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site ...