Learn about the excavation of the Monastery of the Mount of Aaron near Petra. Features maps, archives, statistics and a collection of links.

Details the 2nd and 3rd century city that flourished as a great intersection of caravan routes.

Details the architectural influences and cultural flourishing of the ancient city. Also provides an image gallery depicting its major monuments.

Recounts the misconceptions and myth of Petra and offers factual descriptions of the chasm leading to it, the crusader Baldwin, and its tombs.

Furnishes background on the Nabatean capital, and photographs and brief descriptions of Al-Khazneh, the monastery, and Qasr El-Bint Temple.

National Geographic's "50 Places of a Lifetime" series furnishes a short history of Petra and offers further study resources.

Furnishes links to leading archaeological authorities on the Great Temple at Petra. Also offers links to general sites detailing its history.

Anthropologist Leigh-Ann Bedal of the University of Pennsylvania presents a preliminary report of a "lower market" survey at Petra.

Supplement to the National Geographic exhibit in Washington, DC furnishes photos and study resources.