WADI RUM — The 13th edition of the Wadi Rum Full Moon Desert Marathon took place in Wadi Rum with the participation of 285 runners from all over the world, according to organisers. The marathon, which ...

“Vast, echoing and God-like.” That is how T.E. Lawrence, the British archaeologist and army officer who inspired the 1962 film “Lawrence of Arabia,” described Wadi Rum. As you approach the wind-swept ...

Wadi Rum Desert is a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its cinematic landscapes, ancient petroglyphs, and Bedouin ...

Reason for Designation: Jordan’s red-rock wilderness is an extraordinary patch of desert biome. Stone Age petroglyphs and a continuing nomadic presence offer a rare window into humanity’s earliest ...

Wadi Rum, also known as the Valley of the Moon, is the most surreal desert scenery in Jordan with its massive sandstone cliffs, vast red dunes, and ravines. Off the daytime appeal of the area as a ...

I find myself wondering how many tones of red there are as I sit on a rock watching the steep cliffs of Wadi Rum, a sandstone valley in the desert of southern Jordan, change colours as the sun sets.

Humankind has left his mark on Jordan’s Wadi Rum since prehistoric times. The unique desert last year was granted UNESCO heritage status as a natural and cultural site - and is now paying the price.

Contemporary architecture in the Middle East has had its ups and downs. Most of the signature works by familiar names have tended to be situated in the region's exploding conurbations, in the form of ...