Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the ...

From standing in the River Jordan to riding a camel across the Wadi Rum to climbing stairs at Petra, there is a long list of wows. However, schedule time to relax with a trip to a Dead Sea Resort ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building ...