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It’s been hailed as a stunning discovery. A team of archaeologists have unearthed a hidden tomb in Jordan’s ancient city of Petra. Researchers found the tomb in the UNESCO World Heritage site under ...

Petra, the world-famous ancient settlement carved into the sandstone slabs of Jordan’s Ma’an Governorate, is thought to have been constructed by the Nabateans between the 7th and 4th century B ...

The history of Petra Petra is a Unesco World Heritage Site, and millions of people visit it each year.The city has been inhabited since 7000BC, but it really flourished in the 1st century AD. Home ...

Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will miss the start of the Alpine skiing World Cup season as she works her way back from right knee surgery after falling in a Jan. 20 race. Vlhova, a 29-year-old ...

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 ...

Your support makes all the difference. British archaeologists have discovered a secret tomb below the city of Petra, believed to have lain undisturbed for 2,000 years. Researchers from the ...

Researchers made the shocking discovery this summer while excavating the 2,000-year-old Al Khazneh, or Treasury, in the ancient city of Petra. But an expert now says that, despite its striking ...

A new tomb was discovered at Petra’s Khazneh, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. The tomb’s discovery, as revealed on Discovery Channel’s “Expedition Unknown,” also included 12 ...

British archaeologists recently made a discovery that sounds like something straight out of an Indiana Jones movie: a secret ...