In August, researchers and archeologists excavated an ancient tomb for the first time and discovered new artifacts at Petra, ...

Creasman said the architecture of the buried tomb is the “most exciting” aspect of the discovery, because its “construction and use is fairly unique for Petra.” “The implications of ...

The majority of archaeological remains in Petra are tombs, Al-Salameen says. The Nabataeans must have paid a lot of attention to the afterlife, he says. “They looked at their life as a short ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the new seven wonders of the world, Petra is a giant metropolis of tombs, monuments, and other elaborate religious structures directly carved into sandstone ...

Fares Braizat, Fadi Balawi, Josh Gates and Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman were part of the team who discovered the new tomb at Petra The team of British and American researchers came together from the ...