Can a culture be preserved and reconstructed through its costumes?

Jordan's capital, Amman, balances more modern elements that add a cosmopolitan flair to the natural beauty of this traditional kingdom.

With the Maya apocalypse fast approaching, now is the time to start crossing some things off your bucket list. If you've ever wanted to stay on a private island, gamble with your life savings, or treat yourself to the best meal on Earth, you've got less than two weeks to do it.

I visited Jordan last month, my 10th trip in 15 years, and experienced not only the absence of tourists but also a wealth of new things to see and experience.

Splashing is usually a prerequisite for most seaside vacations. But a trip to Israel's Dead Sea is unlike any other beach holiday.

Despite being a rabbi's daughter, I had never been to Israel before -- unless you count the fact that I was conceived on an Israeli kibbutz 40+ years ago.

The ceiling tapers back into the depths and looks like the inside of an icebox, dripping with pure white salt stalactites.

This summer, more than a million visitors have descended on southwestern China's so-called Dead Sea, a swimming resort in Sichuan province that really...

King David used the Dead Sea as a place of refuge. Herod the Great used it as his personal health resort and Cleopatra used the mud on her skin.