Petra, the real star of Indiana Jones 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 ...

Inside is a funerary chamber ... Burckhardt had also overheard Bedouin tribesmen telling the story of another Petra wonder: the Qasr al Bint—the Palace of the Pharaoh’s Daughter.

Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the ...

“Today, Petra, the Rose City ... was able to confirm the existence of the tomb and start to study what was inside. The ...

Petra, once a thriving political, cultural, and economic centre in the ancient world, holds a significant place in the history of the Middle East. Established by the Nabateans, an indigenous ...

Shortlisted for interior designer of the year at Dezeen Awards 2019, Inside Outside/Petra Blaisse is a design studio that specialises in landscape, exhibitions and interior design. Founded in 1991 ...