Petra is half-built, half-carved into the rock, and is surrounded by mountains riddled with passages and gorges. It is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, where ancient Eastern ...

In the distant past, Petra was the capital city of the ... Since then, it has become a beloved world heritage icon, a UNESCO ...

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 ...

To help narrow your list of can't-miss places, here are 21 must-see UNESCO World Heritage Sites the experts at TPG consider ...