The "rose-red" city was indeed a freak invented by Nature in her most extravagant and colorful mood.

Jordan boasts the city of Petra - "rose-red city, half as old as time" - carved from the living rock.

Mat Heywood puts one local's knowledge to the test on a tour of Jordan's 'rose-red city'

Chief among Jordan's archaeological riches is the soul-stirring, rose-red city of Petra, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

They come from his poem "Petra," which won him the Newdigate prize at Oxford: Match me such marvel, save in Eastern clime-- A rose-red city, half as old as time.

He had been holed up in the rose-red city for almost three weeks and he needed to bring Eitan up to date on the progress they were making.

No visit to Jordan is complete without a visit to the rose-red city of Petra, one of the wonders of the world.

A rose-red city - half as old as time!

A couple hundred of his own troops stood between the army and the hillside that led almost straight up to the rose-red city of Petra, and all were fired upon.

If it were rock, you could have carved great hidden rose-red cities in it.