Petra and Bethsaida Visit the U.S.

The most comprehensive exhibition ever presented on the ancient city of Petra opens at the Cincinnati Art Museum on September 14, 2004. Petra: Lost City of Stone, which is described as the first-ever major cultural collaboration between the United States and Jordan, was co-organized with the American Museum of Natural History in New York City (where it was on display from October 2003 to July 2004), under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan. The organizers are hopeful that “just as Petra was a center of global commerce in ancient times,” in the words of Cincinnati […]