Petra is half-built, half-carved into the rock, and is surrounded by mountains riddled with passages and gorges. It is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, where ancient Eastern ...

Since then, Petra’s fame has grown. UNESCO inscribed the city’s ruins as a World Heritage site in 1985, and the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade used Petra as a stage for some scenes.

that contains the remains of 12 people and other items they say could finally reveal the structure’s secrets and shed some ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building ...

To help narrow your list of can't-miss places, here are 21 must-see UNESCO World Heritage Sites the experts at TPG consider among their favorites — plus an insider tip or two. Petra, the ancient ...

From Petra to Wadi Rum, Jordan’s seven Unesco sites await explorers Visitors tour near the Treasury at the ruins of the ancient Nabatean city of Petra in southern Jordan. AFP file Dubai ...

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Armenian lavash is a cherished flatbread and a symbol of cultural heritage, inscribed by UNESCO in 2014. Made with just wheat ...

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Petra is half-built, half-carved into the rock ... Quseir Amra is another fascinating Unesco World Heritage Site, which was built in the early 8th century beside the Wadi Butum, a seasonal watercourse ...

Ali, in cooperation with the Catholic Centre for Studies and Media (CCSM), the Jordan Tourism Board and JETT Tourism Transport Company, organised the first pilgrimage to the Umm Jimal archaeological ...