Recent scholarship has concluded that Neanderthals made a second major migration from Eastern Europe to Central and Eastern ...

A hodgepodge of East and West, Mithridates’ Pontic Empire emerges as a compelling possibility of what Alexander's empire could've been.

Athens-based independent scholar Demetrius Savvides has shown that in Amphipolis, northern Greece, where the Kastas Monument ...

A Spanish media delegation visited the ancient city of Petra on Thursday to explore its tourism potential and promote Jordan ...

Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA) on Wednesday discussed cooperation with French companies working in managing tourism events and activities to develop "quality" travel programs ...

Flash floods swept through Petra forcing the emergency evacuation of nearly 1,800 tourists from the ancient UNESCO World ... award to co-star Weather map: Where thunderstorms could hit England ...

Packs of visitors inched along, brandishing maps and sunscreen ... across the plain, Petra’s architects kept another great trick up their sleeve: Ad Deir, or the Monastery. This ancient temple ...

When Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt put it on the archaeological map in 1812 ... view is after dark, when Petra by Night tours into the city see the ancient monuments illuminated by ...

Amazing ancient caves and tombs at Petra ... Trekking through Petra, Jordan I loved trekking through Petra There were a few maps around, and several locals trying to flog trips on camels, donkeys and ...

It’s been hailed as a stunning discovery. A team of archaeologists have unearthed a hidden tomb in Jordan’s ancient city of Petra. Researchers found the tomb in the UNESCO World Heritage site under ...