The Air Jordan sneakers on Michael Jordan's iconic statue will be blocked out. The attention-grabbing marketing stunt is part of the 40th anniversary of the Air Jordan 1. The campaign kicked off ...

The ancient city of Petra in modern-day Jordan prospered for centuries as ... could be seen in its art and architecture, including statues of Nike, a Roman-style theater carved into a mountainside ...

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 ...

In the two centuries that Petra ... Kingdom of Jordan. Today, the unmistakable carved edifice of Al Khazneh draws almost a ...

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 ...

JEF Chairman Mazen Hmoud stresses the importance of discussing the rose-red city's tourism challenges amidst regional developments (File photo) AMMAN — The Jordan Economic Forum (JEF) has held a ...

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A total of 54 rare archaeological finds, including sculptures, statues ... of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the artefacts date back 300BC to 106AD, when Petra was the capital of a wealthy ...

As one of the largest U.S. investments in Jordan's mining sector to date, it will create 650 permanent jobs and hundreds of temporary positions during construction, Petra reported. According to ...