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Who rediscovered Petra in 1812?

  • Johann Ludwig Burckhardt

  • Jean-François Champollion

  • Gertrude Bell

  • T. E. Lawrence

Answer

Swiss traveller Johann Ludwig Burckhardt rediscovered Petra in 1812. It had remained unknown to the western world until his discovery.
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