Editor’s Note. There is some argument whether Johann Ludwig Burckhardt alias Sheikh Ibrahim Ibn Abdallah genuinely converted to Islam. Personally I think it is difficult to ‘fake’ a conversion. A […]
Source: National geographic In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. BY CRUZ SÁNCHEZ […]
January 12, 2013 Basel’s museum of antiquities is currently presenting the latest results of archeological research at the ancient site of Petra in Jordan. Some 150 relics are on view, […]