In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra ... a temple for the worship of the deified King Obodas I. It was used as a church in the Byzantine period. Deep within Jordan ...

Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the ...