For many tourists, the visit to the ancient city in southwest Jordan ends here. But Petra has much more to offer, including more than 600 stone facades and an intriguing list of clues about its ...

Deep within Jordan’s desolate desert canyons and rugged mountains lies an ancient treasure, the stone ... Petra, he realized, with growing excitement, that he might be near the “lost” city ...

In its period of abandonment, the city could easily have been lost forever to all but the ... hooves tapping a rhythmic beat on the stone trail. Petra sprawls and snakes through the mountains ...