British archaeologists discover hidden tomb laid undisturbed for 2,000 years under city of Petra - The ancient structure ...
NPR's Eric Westervelt talks to Dr Richard Bates, a geophysicist, about the discovery of a hidden tomb in Jordan’s ancient city of Petra.
The tombs are believed to be older than the Treasury itself and features walls that haven’t been seen before in the area.
Experts conducted excavations under Al Khazneh, also known as the Treasury – an elaborate rock-cut tomb, carved out of a sandstone rock face in Petra, Jordan. They found a 'previously unknown ...
“Today, Petra, the Rose City, is parched, but it was once a comparatively ... Jordanian archaeologists first discovered hidden tombs around the Treasury, now a popular tourist site, in 2003 ...