Joint excavation led by ACOR and the University of St Andrews beneath the Al-Khazneh monument in Jordan opens a chamber sealed for two millennia containing 12. Swipe to see →
THE SUBTERRANEAN SECRET BENEATH AL-KHAZNEH
The hidden history inside the foundations of Al-Khazneh first began to surface in the summer.
INSIDE TOMB 62C
Unlike the vast majority of monumental tombs in Petra — whose interiors typically present empty cubic halls stripped of human remains.
WHEN LIFE IMITATES ART
The most extraordinary moment of the excavation inside Tomb 62C unfolded when the team cleared the compact sediment around the articulated arm and hand of one of the central.
OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL)
For more than two centuries — ever since Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt reintroduced Petra to the Western world.
THE EMPIRE OF WATER IN THE DESERT
Understanding the material and architectural wealth uncovered inside Tomb 62C requires examining how the Nabataean Kingdom transformed a hyper-arid canyon between the Dead.