For centuries, members of the B’doul Bedouin tribe lived in the caves around the ancient city of Petra, Jordan. Then, in the 1980s, the government forced the tribe to move in the name of preserving ...

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Where to stay, eat, drink and shop in Jordan’s rose-red ancient city - CITY GUIDES: With thousands of years of history carved ...

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 ...

The caves are located next to the highway ... the work is 70 days in normal weather conditions, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The current temporary detour is causing traffic congestion ...

In the heart of Jordan, there is a cave city captivating travellers from all over the world. Petra, the “pink city,” is a gateway to a vanished civilisation, a testament to human ingenuity in ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building ...

Mohammad is slowly roasting Arabic coffee beans over a fire. As he pulls the pan from the flame and begins to grind the beans by hand, another local Bedouin shepherd Ameen explains to me how the ...