As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the towering edifice of Al Khazna, or the Treasury, carved from rosy-hued sandstone. For many tourists ...
About 2,000 years ago, the powerful ancient kingdom of the Nabataeans hand-carved a city into the sandstone cliffs of Petra ... has since become known as the Treasury. Since then, archaeologists ...
The most popular way to explore Petra is by simply walking, but there are many ways to get around. Travelers can hire a golf cart to take them from the visitor center to the Treasury — it costs ...