One of the first sights is Petra's most recognizable building, Al Khazneh, commonly called "the Treasury" (although ... A.D. It was not even on Western maps until it was rediscovered in 1812 ...

For more than two millenia, the elaborate sandstone pillars of the Treasury have greeted arrivals to Petra. Photograph by Luis Marden The Swiss explorer had to manage his astonishment. A ...

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 ...

When Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt put it on the archaeological map in 1812 ... better known as The Treasury. One of Petra’s highlights, its lofty columns and shallow pediment are ...