The Nabataeans piped water in from springs outside the city and carved channels into the rock to collect rainwater. They also built dams and reservoirs to store water. Petra contains more than 600 ...

was formed by the torrent of water released after Moses struck the rock. Road into PetraSun shines the the Siq, a 250-foot-high crack, along the main road into the ancient city of Petra.

In 1989, Steven Spielberg made the 2,000-year-old city the setting for his blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Petra’s Treasury, carved out of the pink rock, became the legendary ...

The ancient city of Petra in modern-day Jordan prospered for ... and temples carved directly into the rock, has been one of the region’s greatest tourist attractions for decades (and made ...

Deep in the Jordanian desert, the ancient stone city of Petra has a magical quality. Carved out of pink sandstone rock, and hidden for centuries until it was rediscovered by a Swiss explorer, it’s ...