‘Stunning’ find in stone city of Petra

Geophysicists and archæologists have collaborated to discover an undisturbed burial site beneath the elaborate rock-cut Treasury building in Petra. After a non-invasive scan revealed temptingly tomb-like voids, digs confirmed the presence of 12 skeletal remains and a collection of grave artefacts. Researchers estimate that the remains might be from the height of the Nabataean society, which built the mountain fortress of Petra in what is now Jordan.