A new study claims the ruins at Petra, Jordan were built to align with the sun during the solstices and equinoxes Despite the breadth of the ruins, only 85% have ever been excavated Little is known ...

Ancient cities were usually located on main rivers whose waters were a source of food and sometimes protection. But on the northwestern extremity of the Arabian Desert there was a city renowned for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the winter solstice occurs, the setting sun shines upon a podium of the Monastery at Petra. This produces the silhouette of a ...

Its majestic facade hidden behind huge rocks, approachable only by a small opening, this city built thousands of years back in the desert of Jordan still holds all the magic and mystery that its ...