Petra

"The lost city of Petra is the daddy of Jordan’s tourist sites - and its defining monument is the Treasury, a rock-hewn temple featured in everything from fashion spreads to Indiana Jones..."

"It’s such a vast area that a short stroll off trodden paths can mean finding yourself alone on mountains, in canyons or even at the foot of a seemingly undiscovered Nabataean building..."

"It was 200 years ago that explorer Johann Burckhardt discovered Petra. While trekking the desert between Syria and Egypt, he heard tales of an ancient city carved from sandstone..."