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Petra, the world wonder, is without a doubt Jordan’s most valuable treasure and greatest tourist attraction. It is a vast, unique city, carved into the sheer rock face by the Edomites, an industrious ...

The February 10 Noontime Series lecture at Calvin College will be on the ancient city of Petra. In an illustrated talk titled "Petra: A Rose Red City Half as Old as Time," local archaeologist and ...

10:37, Tue, Sep 24, 2019 Updated: 12:28, Tue, Sep 24, 2019 Edom, according to the Book of Genesis, was the state that existed "before kings ruled the children of Israel". In the face of scepticism ...