He was the first European to have entered Petra for many centuries. Swathed in Arab robes, Burckhardt had to keep his excitement to himself. His Bedouin guide believed him to be Sheikh Ibrahim ibn ...

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The ancient city of Petra was half-built, half-carved into the sandstone cliffs of a desert canyon in southern Jordan over ...

A team of archaeologists has uncovered a hidden tomb containing the remains of 12 ancient skeletons beneath an iconic building known as "The Treasury" in Petra, Jordan. The discovery, captured ...

Experts conducted excavations under Al Khazneh, also known as the Treasury – an elaborate rock-cut tomb, carved out of a sandstone rock face in Petra, Jordan. They found a 'previously unknown ...

“People think they know Petra. They recognize the Treasury,” archaeologist Pearce Paul Creasman, executive director of the American Center of Research and one of the dig’s leaders, tells the ...

A recent discovery made at a historic site in Jordan shares an uncanny resemblance with the theme depicted in one “Indiana Jones” movie. Deep below the surface of the Treasury, a monument ...

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A recent excavation has unearthed 12 human skeletons and a chamber of grave offerings near Petra’s Treasury building, a UNESCO World Heritage site. By Ali Watkins By the time Dr. Richard Bates ...