Jordan’s southern border is a land of sweeping valleys, sandstone hills and imposing mountains crowned by peaks overlooking vast, remote deserts. Not so long ago, much of this region was actually ...

Director Ridley Scott's highly anticipated "The Martian" is in theaters Friday. While much of the film will take place on Mars, it's the Middle Eastern desert of Wadi Rum, Jordan, which serves as the ...

UNESCO World Heritage site exemplifies Arabian desert's austere landscape WADI RUM, Jordan — Nestled in the south of Jordan, close to the Saudi Arabian border, lies a realm that seems like something ...

Wadi Rum is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Jordan rivaled only by the ancient city Petra. It's a government-protected nature reserve home to Bedouin tribes who have inhabited the wadi ...

The most famous foreigner ever traversed this desert is British army officer T.E. Lawrence Lawrence's adventure was dramatized in the movie "Lawrence of Arabia," which was partly shot in Wadi Rum Deep ...

Aqaba, May 30 (Petra) - The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) announced today, Saturday, that the coastal city of Aqaba and the Wadi Rum protected area registered a record-breaking influx ...

AMMAN — Aqaba and Wadi Rum welcomed a record 136,546 visitors during the 80th Independence Day and Eid Al Adha holidays, highlighting the city's growing status as an integrated tourism and economic ...

Delicately excavated from the natural grounds of Jordan’s Wadi Rum, Jordanian architect Rasem Kamal transformed the phrase of “form follows function” into “subtraction follows function”, emphasizing ...