Traveling to Petra, Jordan, is a journey into an ancient world ... The moment you step through the narrow gorge and see the ...

Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the towering edifice of Al Khazna, or the Treasury, carved from rosy-hued sandstone. For many tourists ...

At the end of the Siq-a narrow, winding gorge through ruby-red sandstone ... This part of Jordan is also religiously significant: Petra is part of Wadi Mūsā (the Valley of Moses), where it ...

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 ...