More than the Treasury, it’s an ancient city ... For visitors touring Petra without a Jordan hotel stay (cruise passengers) the admission is 90JD. Carry your passport, you may have to show ...

Deep within Jordan’s desolate desert canyons ... the elaborate sandstone pillars of the Treasury have greeted arrivals to Petra. Photograph by Luis Marden The Swiss explorer had to manage ...

Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the towering edifice of Al Khazna, or the Treasury, carved from rosy-hued sandstone. For many tourists ...

(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN - Petra's architecture had been under ... "Therefore, the proposed date for the creation of the Treasury was the 1st century BC. However, recent archaeological ...

Ancient tombs carved in the rock in Petra, Jordan (Alamy) One of the new wonders ... through towering cliff walls and seeing the famous Treasury come into sight is a truly magical experience.

In this episode she visits one of the empire's most spectacular sites known as the Treasury or Al Khazneh in Petra in southern Jordan. A weekly summary of the big stories from financial markets ...

Karen Shrode of Columbus took this photo of the Treasury, one of the rock-cut tombs in Petra, Jordan, on Feb. 25.

Petra Treasury is a monument carved by the Nabataean craftsmen who operated under the influence of the stonemasons from the Mediterranean basin (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN — Petra's architecture ...