About 2,000 years ago, the powerful ancient kingdom of the Nabataeans hand-carved a city into the sandstone cliffs of Petra, ...
Tombs are found carved into sandstone cliffs throughout Petra. Photograph by Rafael Heygster, Agentur Focus/Redux A mule-drawn carriage at the entrance into Petra. Photograph by Jodi Cobb ...
Petra is a giant metropolis of tombs, monuments, and other elaborate religious structures directly carved into sandstone cliffs. Believed to have been settled as early as 9000 B.C., Petra ...