At the end of the Siq-a narrow, winding gorge through ruby-red sandstone in southwestern Jordan ... Site. Petra's most striking structures remain its rock-cut monuments. Most, like Al-Khazneh ...

"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 ...