Since then, Petra’s fame has grown. UNESCO inscribed the city’s ruins as a World Heritage site in 1985, and the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade used Petra as a stage for some scenes.

“I don’t even know what to say,” said Tur, a Los Angeles native, who had been silent for more than ten seconds as she took in the sight of the property in ruins. Tur then pointed to where her family’s ...

A sculpture of French writer Victor Hugo at Beijing's Old Summer Palace, also called Yuanmingyuan. [Photo provided to China Daily] When Frenchman Remi Launay, 29, visited Beijing's Yuanmingyuan ...

Much of the history of the United Kingdom is told in its ruins - many of which are more ... overlooking the romantic ruin of Dolbadarn Castle and the lake by the village of Llanberis - Llyn ...