Photograph by Art Archive Much later, a new wave of settlers arrived, whose vast wealth would turn Petra into the Rose City. These were the Nabataeans, descended, according to Jewish-Roman writer ...

It is unclear exactly when the Nabataeans built Petra, but by the 1st century BCE, traces of Hellenistic and Roman influence could be seen in its art and architecture, including statues of Nike ...

But researchers have learned about life in Petra from Greek and Roman writings, commercial documents recorded on papyrus, and the ruins themselves. Al Khazna, or the Treasury, is just one of the ...

Petra Rivera Roman, 88, Reading, passed away peacefully May 8, 2009, in her residence surrounded by her family. She was the widow of Luis Rivera, who passed away in 1967. Born in Humacao ...

a civilisation centred on the world-famous city of Petra, located in Jordan". The university's Dr Mike Bishop, an expert on Roman military, said the camps were a "spectacular new find" and an ...

A lamp that lit up the nights for Roman soldiers guarding a fort on the ... The oil lamp discovered at Mezad Tzafir was produced in Petra, Jordan, in the 4th-5th centuries CE.