Did you know Petra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985? It covers 264 square kilometers and welcomes nearly a million visitors yearly. Known as the Rose-Red City, its architecture glows with ...

Jordan’s monarch has staked the fate of his country and his dynasty on close relations with the United States.

By the time Dr. Richard Bates swept his radar device over the sandstone of Petra’s ancient Treasury building, it had been more than two decades since anyone had so deeply probed the stone city ...

AMMAN — The multi-dimensional significance of the site of Aujah Foqa has already been noted: Its control over the nearby Aujah Spring, its regional location as a frontier site, and the more general ...

Qaisi said the kingdom saw a 4.9% drop in tourism revenue so far in 2024, and a 7.9% drop in visitors. A file picture of Lencois Maranhenses National Park in Maranhao, Brazil from April 2000.

The pharaoh is considered the last of the New Kingdom - ancient Egypt between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC - to have wielded significant power.

The term "ancient Israel" is used by scholars to refer to the tribes, kingdoms and dynasties formed by ancient Jewish people in the Levant (an area that encompasses modern-day Israel, Palestine ...

Ancient Hunting Kit Found: The 6,500-year-old weapons, found in a cave in West Texas, could be among the oldest near-complete set of wood and stone hunting tools found in North America.