Few ancient civilizations have left an architectural footprint quite as indelible as the Nabateans did in Petra, southern Jordan. Majestic temples, burial chambers and homes still stand, carved around ...

According to information boards at the Petra visitor center, the Nabateans began to control water supplies across the 900,000 square mile expanse of the Arabian desert around 300BC – long before they ...

Jordan is a wondrous little land steeped in history. It could also have an Indian connection, as we discovered, unexpectedly. We had come to an arid little town, backed by bare mountains, to visit ...

The 2,000-year-old desert city created an adventurous backdrop for Indiana Jones, but today, drought, floods, and sandstorms imperil it. Ancient technology could be the key to surviving. The most ...

A new resort will let visitors spend the night in the millennia-old sandstone rock formations of the Saudi Arabian desert. Source: Royal Commission for AlUla Designed by legendary architect Jean ...

Petra was once one of the Middle East's most crucial political, cultural and economic hubs. Originally established as a trading post by the Nabateans, it is located in what is now southeastern Jordan ...

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The Nabateans (Petra’s inhabitants) rose and fell in relative obscurity between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD. Exploiting the trade between its two neighbours’, Rome and Assyria, the ...