Archaeological discoveries

When was Petra found?

The ancient city of Petra was not "found" in the sense that it was lost and then discovered. Petra was founded in the 4th century BC by the Arab Nabataeans, and it remained inhabited until the 6th century AD. However, the city was largely forgotten by the Western world until the 19th century when it was "rediscovered" by the Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt.