The Nabataeans built Petra more than 2000 years ago. Not much is known about the Nabataeans, who emerged in Arabia in the 4th century BCE. Originally nomads who spoke Arabic and later a form of ...

Petra, the world-famous ancient settlement carved into the sandstone slabs of Jordan’s Ma’an Governorate, is thought to have been constructed by the Nabateans between the 7th and 4th century B.C.E.

Petra Diamonds ( ($GB:PDL) ) just unveiled an announcement. Petra Diamonds has confirmed that, as of 31 December 2025, its issued share capital ...

One of the few entryways into Petra is a narrow passage, the Siq, at the end of which Petrans carved elaborate monuments into the soft rock. Lonely Planet Images "Donkey, horse or camel?" The question ...

New archaeological research dates the heyday of terrace farming at the ancient desert city of Petra to the first century. This development led to an explosion of agricultural activity, increasing the ...

The flooding in Petra occurred suddenly, catching tourists at prominent sites such as the Treasury, one of the site's iconic tombs. Jordanian authorities evacuated nearly 1,800 tourists from the ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Zurich Film Festival is honoring Swiss director Petra Volpe in LA on Monday 12 January with the festival’s Golden Eye Award for her film Late Shift. Volpe will be presented with the ...

"Petra" is the Greek word for "rock." But the Arabic term, al-madina al-ward ah (rose-colored city), far better evokes the beauty of this enigmatic site. Located in western Jordan, Petra was built in ...

Phew, just as viewers and the narrator were getting really worried that no one would figure out that Petra's sister was pretending to be her on Jane the Virgin, our intelligent leading lady solved it.

When news broke this summer that the Petra Nova carbon capture power project was offline, advocates leapt to the defense of the Texas facility, one of the largest in the world. When news broke this ...