Dr. Tom Paradise, professor of geosciences, gemologist and cartographer, has worked in Petra since 1990, mapping and analyzing the beautiful ruins of the “Rose-Red City half as old as time.” With more than three decades of research in Petra, Dr. Paradise will walk us through this magical valley filled with ancient monuments, temples, tombs, and houses, at the crossroads of the booming Nabataean Kingdom. He will finish with an insider’s perspective on having completed more than 15 TV specials on Petra, including the PBS NOVA blockbuster ‘Lost City of Stone’ where he worked on the script, site logistics, maps, and on-air narration that became 55 minutes of television watched now by more than 100 million viewers. When asked to collaborate on several television specials, he had to change his perspective on this magical place -- from a geologic, historic, and architectural laboratory to a visually stunning story that had never been told. Come and learn about the beautiful, ruined city of Petra and how decades of research and analysis became blockbuster international television specials.