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Narrator: IT'S ONE OF THE GREAT
WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD,
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BUT WHO BUILT THE MAGNIFICENT
CITY OF PETRA, AND WHY?
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WHY TREASURE
REMAINS BURIED HERE,
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AND WHAT DARK SECRETS REMAIN
HIDDEN IN THIS MYSTERIOUS PLACE?
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Butler:
THERE WERE ANCIENT TREASURES,
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WHICH WERE ANCIENT EVEN THEN,
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BEING FOUND THAT WERE
FINDING THEIR WAY THROUGH PETRA.
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Theakston: YOU WOULD GO TO JAIL
IF THEY CAME
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AND THEY FOUND THIS
IN YOUR HOUSE?
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YEAH, THIS ONE.
RIGHT, OKAY.
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OKAY.
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THEY HAD A LOT OF RESOURCES.
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THEY HAD A LOT OF MONEY
TO SPEND,
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AND SO IT WOULDN'T BE
THAT SURPRISING
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IF SOME OF THAT WAS STILL
AROUND SOMEWHERE IN SOME FORM.
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Theakston:
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MY NOSE
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IS THIS CLOSE TO SOMETHING
THAT'S 8,000 YEARS OLD.
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Picknett:
OVER THE CENTURIES,
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A LOT HAS SURFACED BELONGING
TO THE ANCIENT CULTURE THERE,
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AND THE ARABS CERTAINLY BELIEVED
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THAT THERE WERE
ASTONISHING TREASURES
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HIDDEN IN THE BUILDINGS,
IN THE ROCK FACE,
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THE CARVED ROCK FACE THERE.
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CAN I HAVE THE PLOW?
CAN I TOUCH IT?
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BE CAREFUL.
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Fanthorpe:
I THINK IT'S VERY PROBABLE
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THAT OF ALL THE VALUABLE GOODS
THAT CAME THROUGH,
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A GREAT MANY TREASURES
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WERE LEFT THERE AND
ARE BURIED THERE TO THIS DAY.
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Narrator: PETRA IS
ONE OF THE MOST MAGICAL PLACES
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IN THE ARAB WORLD,
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FAMOUS FOR ITS ROSE-CUT ROCKS,
ITS EERIE TOMBS,
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AND ITS COLORFUL HISTORY.
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AND SINCE 2007,
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IT'S BEEN DESIGNATED
A WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
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HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF TOURISTS NOW VISIT PETRA
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EVERY YEAR.
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BUT IS THERE A DARKER,
MORE SECRET SIDE
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TO THIS ANCIENT CITY,
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INVOLVING HIDDEN TREASURES
AND RELIC SMUGGLING?
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JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON
IS ON A MISSION TO FIND OUT.
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[ SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
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THE CITY OF PETRA REMAINED
UNKNOWN TO THE WESTERN WORLD
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UNTIL 1812,
WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED
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BY THE SWISS EXPLORER
JOHANN LUDWIG BURCKHARDT,
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WHO HAD TRAVELED
THROUGH THE REGION
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DISGUISED AS A BEDOUIN.
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PETRA LIES IN A VAST DESERT
REGION IN THE SOUTH OF JORDAN,
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A COUNTRY IN THE VERY CENTER
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OF TODAY'S MIDDLE EASTERN
CONFLICTS,
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SURROUNDED BY SYRIA,
IRAQ, AND ISRAEL
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AND HOME TO OVER TWO MILLION
PALESTINIAN REFUGEES.
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DESPITE THE POLITICAL
AND RELIGIOUS TENSIONS
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THAT SWIRL AROUND IT TODAY,
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IT'S ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS
CULTURAL SITES ON THE PLANET
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AND VISITED BY MILLIONS
OF TOURISTS EVERY YEAR.
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PETRA IS ONE OF THE MOST
ANCIENT CITIES
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AND AT THE SAME TIME,
ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL CITIES.
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IT'S, AS THE FAMOUS
POETIC DESCRIPTION GOES,
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"A ROSE RED CITY
HALF AS OLD AS TIME."
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Butler:
PETRA SEEMS TO HAVE EVERYTHING,
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WHICH IS UTTERLY FASCINATING
TO PEOPLE.
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IT HAS MAGNIFICENT ARCHITECTURE.
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IT'S CARVED OUT OF SOLID ROCK
AND YET IT HAS GREEK PILLARS
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AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS
OF BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE.
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AND YET, IT'S ABSOLUTELY
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
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IT IS LITERALLY MILES
AND MILES OUT IN THE DESERT.
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Picknett:
IT WAS JUST SOMETHING.
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IT WAS LIKE,
YOU KNOW, A MIRAGE ALMOST.
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YOU ARRIVED THERE,
AND YOU AND YOUR ANIMALS
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DRANK WATER AND HUNG OUT.
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AND THERE WERE MERCHANTS
FROM ALL OVER THE AREA.
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SO, BASICALLY,
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YOU COULD DO YOURSELF A BIT
OF GOOD WITH YOUR BUSINESS,
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YOU COULD HAVE FUN,
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AND YOU COULD STOCK UP
WITH WATER.
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[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
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Narrator: THE CITY WE SEE TODAY
WAS BUILT AROUND 400 B.C.
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BY A NOMADIC ARAB TRIBE
CALLED THE NABATAEANS,
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WHO WERE KNOWN
TO BE EXCELLENT ENGINEERS.
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ENCLOSED BY TOWERING ROCKS,
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PETRA NOT ONLY POSSESSED
THE ADVANTAGES OF A FORTRESS,
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BUT ITS POSITION
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MEANT THAT IT CONTROLLED
THE MAIN COMMERCIAL ROUTES
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WHICH PASS THROUGH IT
TO GAZA IN THE WEST,
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DAMASCUS IN THE NORTH,
AQABA SOUTH ON THE RED SEA,
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AND ACROSS TO THE PERSIAN GULF.
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BUT IT WAS THE ABILITY
OF THE NABATAEANS
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TO CONTROL AND SUSTAIN
A CONSTANT WATER SUPPLY
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OUT IN THE DESERT
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THAT LED TO ITS SUCCESS
AND GROWTH.
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Fanthorpe:
THE NABATAEANS,
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WHO BUILT THE CITY
IN THE FIRST PLACE,
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WERE AN AMAZING MIXTURE
OF WATER ENGINEERS,
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AND THEY WERE EXPERTS,
REAL EXPERTS,
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AND EXPERT TRADERS.
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THEY KNEW THE COST
AND VALUE OF EVERYTHING,
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AND WHEN THE TRADING CARAVANS
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CAME THROUGH FROM NORTH,
SOUTH, EAST AND WEST,
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THEY MADE THE MOST OF IT.
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THEY WERE, IN FACT,
ALMOST AN ANCIENT SHOPPING MALL
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LONG BEFORE WE INVENTED THEM
IN THE 20th CENTURY.
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Butler: WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT THIS WAS A PLACE
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THAT WAS LITERALLY
ON THE SILK ROAD.
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THERE WAS SILK AND SPICES
COMING ALL THE WAY FROM CHINA,
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COMING RIGHT PAST
THE FRONT DOOR.
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THERE WAS BITUMEN GOING
FROM THE DEAD SEA TO EGYPT
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IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION,
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AND ALL SORTS OF PRECIOUS THINGS
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COMING UP FROM THE ARABIAN GULF
AND BEYOND.
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THERE WAS FRANKINCENSE
AND MYRRH.
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PETRA WAS A METROPOLIS IN ITSELF
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AND MUST HAVE SEEMED
AN INCREDIBLE PLACE TO COME UPON
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AFTER DAYS AND DAYS OF PLODDING
ON THROUGH THE DESERT.
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Narrator: PART OF THE MAGIC
OF PETRA IS IN THE ARRIVAL.
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WHETHER YOU WERE
A BEDOUIN TRADER OR A SULTAN
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OR A TOURIST, YOU ALL ARRIVE
IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY...
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VIA A MAGNIFICENT GORGE
CALLED THE SIQ.
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IT WAS FORMED
BY A NATURAL GEOLOGICAL FAULT.
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IT'S A MILE LONG,
ABOUT 250 FEET DEEP,
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AND RECENTLY,
ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVERED
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CHAMBERS UNDERNEATH THE STONE
AND SAND,
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WHICH WERE BELIEVED
TO HAVE HOUSED SOLDIERS
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WHO WOULD RISE UP
AND REPEL ANY ATTACKERS.
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Fanthorpe:
IT HAS THIS NATURAL PROTECTION,
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WHICH IS, AT ONE POINT,
ONLY THREE METERS WIDE,
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AND THAT LEADS INTO THE CITY.
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THE WALLS TOWER UP TO 300 FEET
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SO THAT WITH THAT
SORT OF NATURAL DEFENSE,
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HALF A DOZEN MEN COULD
PROTECT IT AGAINST THE WORLD.
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Narrator: AT THE END OF THE SIQ
IS THIS MAGNIFICENT BUILDING,
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THE TREASURY, OR AL KHAZNEH,
AS IT'S KNOWN LOCALLY.
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IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
RECOGNIZABLE HISTORICAL SITES
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IN THE WORLD.
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FAMOUSLY, HARRISON FORD
AND SEAN CONNERY
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CHARGED UP TO IT ON HORSEBACK,
LOOKING FOR THE HOLY GRAIL,
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AND THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY PEOPLE
WHO CAME TO PETRA
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LOOKING FOR GREAT TREASURES.
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Fanthorpe:
THERE'S ONE MARVELOUS STORY
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THAT CONNECTS PETRA
WITH THE PHARAOH OF THE EXODUS,
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WHO WAS ALLEGED
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TO HAVE BEEN PURSUING
THE RUNAWAY HEBREW SLAVES
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ALL THE WAY TO PETRA
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AND FINDING THAT HE WASN'T ABLE
TO KEEP UP WITH THEM,
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BECAUSE HE HAD VERY PRUDENTLY
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BROUGHT A LOT
OF HIS TREASURE WITH HIM,
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AND HIS ARMY TO KEEP IT SAFE.
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THAT HE DEPOSITED
THE TREASURE THERE,
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INTENDING TO COME BACK FOR IT,
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AND WENT ON IN PURSUIT
OF THE JEWISH SLAVES,
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AND HE NEVER CAME BACK
TO COLLECT THE TREASURE.
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AND, OF COURSE,
THERE WAS THE MARVELOUS ACCOUNT
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IN THE OTTAWA JOURNAL OF 1927
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THAT SAID
TREASURES HAD BEEN FOUND
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BUT ONLY A VERY FEW
HAD BEEN REMOVED.
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THAT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
FROM ALL THOSE YEARS AGO
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SUGGESTED THAT THERE'S A LOT
OF BURIED TREASURE UNDER PETRA.
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Narrator: DR. SULEIMAN FARAJAT
IS A FORMER DIRECTOR
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OF THE PETRA SITE,
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WHO SHOWED PRESIDENT OBAMA
AROUND THE RUINS IN 2013.
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TODAY, HE AGREED TO BE JAMIE'S
GUIDE TO THIS FASCINATING SITE,
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STARTING WITH THE INSIDE
OF THE TREASURY...
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A PLACE
THAT FEW TOURISTS EVER SEE.
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SO, SULEIMAN,
IS THIS AS FAR BACK AS IT GOES?
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YES, THIS IS THE FARTHEST
POINT WE GO.
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ALL RIGHT.
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'CAUSE I'D IMAGINED
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THAT IT WAS A HUGE CATHEDRAL
BEHIND HERE,
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BUT THERE'S NOTHING HERE.
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NO,
THERE IS NOTHING.
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ONLY A BIG CHAMBER,
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AND THERE ARE NO DECORATIONS,
NO CARVINGS INSIDE.
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SO, WHAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN HERE, THEN?
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THIS IS ACTUALLY
A BIG MAUSOLEUM
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FOR ONE
OF THE NABATAEAN KINGS.
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OH, RIGHT.
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SO, IT'S A BIT LIKE
A BURIAL CHAMBER?
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YES,
A BURIAL CHAMBER,
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BUT THIS IS NOT
THE BURIAL CHAMBER.
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THE BURIALS
ARE BELOW.
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Fanthorpe:
WHAT WE SEE IN MODERN PETRA
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IS VERY DIFFERENT
FROM WHAT IT WAS LIKE
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WHEN IT WAS IN ITS PRIME AND AT
ITS PEAK SOME 2,000 YEARS AGO.
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WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT THE RED SANDSTONE
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OF WHICH THE CITY IS BUILT
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IS SUBJECT
TO CONSTANT FALLING AND EROSION,
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AND THERE ARE UPWARD OF
9 OR 10 FEET OF RUBBLE AND SAND
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OVER THE OLD CITY STREETS
AND THE OLD CITY CENTER.
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SO IF WE COULD GET
THAT RUBBLE OUT,
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IF WE COULD
GET THE SAND SHIFTED,
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GET BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PETRA,
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HEAVEN ALONE KNOWS WHAT'S BURIED
UNDER THOSE STREETS
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AND ESPECIALLY
UNDER THE MAGNIFICENT BUILDING
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KNOWN AS THE TREASURY.
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Narrator: WHAT LIES HIDDEN
IN THE ANCIENT ROYAL TOMBS
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BENEATH THE TREASURY?
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WHERE DID MOSES
FIRST DISCOVER WATER AT PETRA?
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AND WHAT TREASURES
STILL LIE OUT IN THE DESERT,
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WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED
BY THE LOCAL BEDOUINS?
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MORE FASCINATING DISCOVERIES
COMING UP
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WHEN
"FORBIDDEN HISTORY" RETURNS.
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Narrator: JOURNALIST JAMIE
THEAKSTON IS IN THE ANCIENT CITY
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OF PETRA IN JORDAN,
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LOOKING FOR THE LOST TREASURES
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THAT ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN
BURIED THERE OVER THE CENTURIES,
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NOW DEEP
UNDER THE SOIL AND ROCKS.
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SO FAR, HE'S BEEN GIVEN
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
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TO THE MOST ICONIC BUILDING
ON THE WHOLE SITE, THE TREASURY,
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BUT IT TURNED OUT
TO BE AN EMPTY MAUSOLEUM
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WITH NO CLUES TO THE WHEREABOUTS
OF THE CITY'S PAST SPLENDORS
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AND TREASURES.
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AND YET THE BELIEF
THAT THIS ANCIENT PLACE
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STILL HAS VALUABLE SECRETS
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AND PRICELESS RELICS TO GIVE UP
RUNS DEEP,
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NO MORE SO THAN
WITH THE LOCAL BEDOUIN TRIBES
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WHO STILL
HEAD INTO THE DESERT NIGHTS,
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LOOKING TO HIT THE JACKPOT.
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Theakston: SO, SULEIMAN,
THERE'S AN URN
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THAT,
ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
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HAS TREASURE UP THERE,
RIGHT?
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YES. THERE IS AN URN
ABOVE THE FALLS THERE.
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ACTUALLY,
IT IS SOLID ROCK.
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THERE IS NOTHING
INSIDE IT.
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HISTORICALLY, IT WAS THE
TRADITIONAL SYMBOL OF THE DEATH.
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THAT'S ALL.
RIGHT.
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BUT THE LOCAL PEOPLE
AND THE BEDOUIN,
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THEY USED TO SHOOT IT
BY THEIR GUNS
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TO BREAK IT AND TO GET
THE TREASURE INSIDE IT,
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BUT THERE WAS NONE.
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IS THAT WHY THAT'S ALL GOT
THE BULLET HOLES ON THE URN?
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YES, AND YOU SEE
THEY MADE OFF WITH IT.
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Picknett:
THE ARABS CERTAINLY BELIEVED
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THAT THERE WERE
ASTONISHING TREASURES
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HIDDEN IN THE BUILDING...
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IT'S THE CARVED
ROCK FACE THERE...
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BECAUSE ACTUALLY, THEY TOOK
POP SHOTS AT THE BUILDINGS.
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YOU CAN STILL SEE THAT THE SIGN
OF THEIR POP SHOTS,
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TO TRY AND DISLODGE
WHAT THEY WERE UTTERLY CONVINCED
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WERE TREASURES LODGED,
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HIDDEN
IN THE ACTUAL EDIFICE ITSELF.
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Prince:
IT WOULDN'T BE AT ALL SURPRISING
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IF THERE WERE STILL TREASURES
DOWN THERE
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BECAUSE IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY
RICH CITY, RICH PLACE.
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IT WAS ON SOME OF
THE MAJOR TRADE ROUTES.
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IT CONTROLLED
SOME OF THE MAJOR TRADE ROUTES.
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SO A LOT OF MONEY
WENT THROUGH THERE.
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THEY HAD A LOT OF RESOURCES.
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THEY HAD A LOT OF MONEY
TO SPEND.
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IT WOULDN'T BE THAT SURPRISING
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IF SOME OF THAT WERE STILL
AROUND SOMEWHERE IN SOME FORM.
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NOT ALL OF THE SITE HERE
HAS BEEN EXCAVATED, HAS IT?
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NO.
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ONLY I CAN SAY 15% OF THE SITE
HAS BEEN EXCAVATED.
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THE REST IS EXISTENT
UNDER THE GROUND.
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WOW, SO 85%
OF PETRA HASN'T BEEN...
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EVEN MORE...
EVEN MORE 80% OF PETRA.
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I'M EXPECTING,
ACTUALLY, IN THE FUTURE,
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TO FIND A LOT
OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS,
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VERY UNIQUE
AND VALUABLE THINGS.
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WHY DON'T WE
DIG IT UP?
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WELL, YOU KNOW,
JAMIE, THIS IS ACTUALLY...
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IT'S VERY COSTLY.
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AND THE OTHER THINGS,
IT IS ACTUALLY...
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IT'S A VERY DELICATE JOB
FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS.
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SURE,
BUT IT'S EXACTLY
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WHAT WE WANT TO FIND,
ISN'T IT?
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YOU KNOW, THIS COULD TELL US SO
MUCH MORE ABOUT THE NABATAEANS.
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RIGHT.
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THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
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IS TO PRESERVE
WHAT YOU HAVE EXCAVATED.
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IF YOU
LEAVE IT EXPOSED, THEN...
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IT'S BETTER
TO LEAVE IT UNDER THE GROUND
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THAN TO EXCAVATE IT.
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OH, I'M NOT SURE
I AGREE WITH YOU.
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ANYWAY, CAN YOU SHOW ME
SOME MORE OF THE OTHER TOMB?
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YES, YES. PLEASE.
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Butler: PEOPLE RIGHT BACK INTO
AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE
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HAVE BEEN LOOKING
FOR TREASURE IN THE PLACE.
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NOW, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE,
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THAT PROBABLY
ISN'T TOO SURPRISING
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BECAUSE WHERE IT WAS
AND WHAT IT WAS
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MEANT THAT SIGNIFICANT TREASURES
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PROBABLY WERE STORED THERE
AT ONE TIME.
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YOU OKAY?
OKAY.
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Narrator: ACCESS TO THE INSIDE
OF THE TREASURY WAS RARE ENOUGH,
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BUT FOR A JOURNALIST LIKE JAMIE
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TO BE ALLOWED
TO GO DOWN INTO THE TOMBS BELOW
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WAS LITERALLY UNHEARD OF.
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THE TOMBS BENEATH THE TREASURY
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WERE EXCAVATED
BY DR. FARAJAT BACK IN 2004
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AND REVEALED
A SERIES OF ROYAL BURIALS,
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SKELETONS,
AND OFFERINGS TO THE DEAD.
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I THINK
THIS IS THE MAIN TOMB.
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IT'S FOR
A NOBLE PERSON
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OR KING
OR A QUEEN.
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RIGHT.
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AND NEXT TO IT,
THERE IS A NICHE,
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AND THE NICHE
THEY USED, ACTUALLY,
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FOR PUTTING THE MEN,
GUARD IN THAT TIME.
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AND I SHOW YOU
THESE HOLES.
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ACTUALLY,
THERE ARE MANY OF THEM.
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THESE ACTUALLY
WERE USED
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FOR HANGING, ACTUALLY,
THE OFFERS.
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PEOPLE USED TO COME HERE
TO VISIT THE TOMB
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AND THEY'D BRING
OFFERS WITH THEM.
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RIGHT.
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OVER HERE, ALSO,
BELOW THIS NICHE,
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WE FOUND A FIGURINE
FOR APHRODITE OR AL-UZZA,
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ONE OF THE MAIN DEITIES,
ACTUALLY, AT THAT TIME.
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PETRA IS A WARREN OF TOMBS
AND CAVES CUT INTO THE ROCK.
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IT'S A PRE-CHRISTIAN GHOST TOWN,
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AND EVEN
WITH ALL THE TOURISTS AROUND,
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IT CAN BE QUITE AN EERIE PLACE.
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SO,
WERE THE BEDOUIN TRIBES
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LIVING HERE
UNTIL QUITE RECENTLY?
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YES, THEY WERE LIVING
IN THE CAVES OF PETRA
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UNTIL 1987.
WOW.
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SO PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY
BE LIVING HERE?
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00:17:09,367 --> 00:17:11,733
YES, THEY WERE LIVING
IN THE CAVES,
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BUT THEY WERE MOVED
BY THE GOVERNMENT
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OUTSIDE
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE.
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AND I'M THINKING
THERE WAS A NEW ZEALAND LADY
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WHO LIVED HERE,
AS WELL.
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YES.
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HER NAME IS MARGUERITE,
AND SHE CAME IN 1979.
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00:17:27,833 --> 00:17:32,967
AND SHE WAS SITTING ON THE STEPS
OF THE TREASURY,
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AND SHE MEET MOHAMMAD OF AMMAN
FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE.
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THEN THEY GOT MARRIED,
AND THEY HAD A CAVE.
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AND YOU KNOW...
YOU REMEMBER...
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YOU KNOW THAT QUEEN ELIZABETH,
WHEN SHE CAME TO PETRA,
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ELIZABETH,
SHE VISITED HER IN HER CAVE,
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00:17:51,433 --> 00:17:54,167
AND SHE HAD
A CUP OF TEA WITH HER.
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00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:55,640
SO, HANG ON,
SHE LIVED IN A CAVE HERE
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AND HAD TEA
WITH THE QUEEN?
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00:17:56,833 --> 00:17:59,400
YES.
I KNOW ABOUT THAT, THAT STORY.
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00:17:59,433 --> 00:18:00,567
DID SHE
GET IT PAINTED,
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MAKE IT ALL NICE
BEFORE THE QUEEN ARRIVED?
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00:18:02,333 --> 00:18:03,533
UH, NO,
ACTUALLY.
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[ BOTH LAUGH ]
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Fanthorpe:
THE BEDOUINS,
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WHO HAVE BEEN THERE
A VERY LONG TIME
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AND KNOW THE RUIN WELL,
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ARE CONVINCED THAT THERE ARE
HUGE TREASURES BURIED THERE,
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AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE
LONG ENOUGH
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00:18:24,067 --> 00:18:27,467
AND THEY'VE UNDERSTOOD THE CITY
WELL ENOUGH
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TO BE RELIABLE GUIDES
AND GUARDIANS.
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AND IF WE TAKE NOTE
OF THEIR THINKING,
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THEY WOULD NOT STILL BE WORKING
SO ASSIDUOUSLY
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00:18:40,067 --> 00:18:43,267
TO FIND ANYTHING
THAT'S STILL THERE
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00:18:43,300 --> 00:18:47,200
UNLESS THEY HAD A GOOD REASON
TO BELIEVE
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THAT THERE ARE STILL
VAST TREASURES THERE.
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00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:58,100
Butler: PETRA WAS
THE PREMIER INN OF ITS TIME.
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IT WAS A HUGE HOTEL.
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00:19:00,333 --> 00:19:05,066
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE
A SORT OF A LAS VEGAS, IN A WAY,
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00:19:05,067 --> 00:19:07,066
SO THERE WAS LOTS
OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH.
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00:19:07,067 --> 00:19:11,467
THERE WAS LOTS OF STUFF
HAPPENING, SO STUFF GETS LOST.
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00:19:11,500 --> 00:19:14,066
SOMETIMES, IT'S JUST
THE MINUTIA OF LIFE,
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00:19:14,067 --> 00:19:19,300
POTTERY BOWLS OR WOODEN STAKES
OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE,
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00:19:19,333 --> 00:19:22,500
BUT PRECIOUS THINGS
GET LOST, TOO.
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NOW, THE SAND OFTEN GIVES BACK
WHAT IT'S TAKEN,
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AND THE LOCALS
WHO LIVE IN THE AREA,
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WHO ARE THE BEDOUIN,
DO MAKE FINDS,
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EITHER BECAUSE
THEY KNOW WHERE TO LOOK
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OR JUST BECAUSE
THEY CHANCE UPON THINGS.
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Narrator: THERE WOULDN'T BE A
CITY AT PETRA IF THE NABATAEANS
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HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL
A CONSTANT SOURCE OF WATER
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IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT.
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00:19:55,067 --> 00:19:56,667
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS,
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WATER HAS MEANT
ONE THING HERE... LIFE.
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00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:06,000
ACCORDING TO ARAB TRADITION,
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MOSES, OR MUSA, AS HE'S KNOWN,
STRUCK A ROCK WITH HIS STAFF,
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SENDING WATER
CASCADING INTO THE CITY,
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00:20:13,433 --> 00:20:16,700
DOWN ROCKS VERY MUCH LIKE THESE.
376
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IN FACT, THE ACTUAL SPOT
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WHERE MOSES
IS SAID TO HAVE STRUCK THE ROCK
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HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A SHRINE
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IN THE HEART
OF THE MODERN CITY OF PETRA.
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00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,767
THE LOCAL PEOPLE STILL USE
THE NATURAL SPRING TODAY
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00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,533
FOR FRESH DRINKING WATER,
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WHICH IS THEN CARRIED DOWN
THROUGH THE TOWN
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VIA THE ORIGINAL GULLIES
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
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00:20:47,367 --> 00:20:52,167
IT WAS A COMBINATION
OF AN IDEAL TRADING CENTER.
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00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:57,233
IT WAS BRILLIANTLY FORTIFIED
AND NATURALLY FORTIFIED,
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00:20:57,267 --> 00:21:03,467
AND IT WAS, IN A SENSE,
AN ARTIFICIAL OASIS AT WHICH
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00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:09,533
THE WATER NEVER FAILED BECAUSE
THEY KNEW HOW TO CONSERVE IT.
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00:21:15,333 --> 00:21:17,600
Narrator:
WHAT SECRETS FROM PETRA
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LIE IN
THIS RELIC DEALER'S STORE ROOM?
390
00:21:19,633 --> 00:21:21,066
WHAT DO THE LOCAL TRIBES
391
00:21:21,067 --> 00:21:24,200
KNOW ABOUT TREASURES
STILL BURIED OUT IN THE DESERT?
392
00:21:24,233 --> 00:21:26,933
AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN JAMIE
HEADS OUT INTO THE NIGHT
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00:21:26,967 --> 00:21:29,066
WITH THE BEDOUINS TO FIND THEM?
394
00:21:29,067 --> 00:21:31,700
THIS REMARKABLE ADVENTURE
CONTINUES
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00:21:31,733 --> 00:21:35,133
WHEN
"FORBIDDEN HISTORY" RETURNS.
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00:21:38,133 --> 00:21:39,843
Narrator: JOURNALIST
JAMIE THEAKSTON IS ON THE TRAIL
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00:21:39,867 --> 00:21:40,967
OF THE LOST TREASURES
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00:21:41,067 --> 00:21:44,066
OF THE ANCIENT CITY
OF PETRA IN JORDAN,
399
00:21:44,067 --> 00:21:45,633
NOW THOUGHT TO BE BURIED
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00:21:45,667 --> 00:21:48,367
DEEP UNDER CENTURIES
OF SOIL AND ROCKS.
401
00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,133
SO FAR, HE'S BEEN GIVEN
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
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00:21:51,167 --> 00:21:54,800
TO THE MOST ICONIC BUILDING
ON THE WHOLE SITE, THE TREASURY,
403
00:21:54,833 --> 00:21:57,467
AS WELL AS THE ROYAL TOMBS
BENEATH IT,
404
00:21:57,500 --> 00:21:59,667
BUT BOTH WERE EMPTY.
405
00:21:59,700 --> 00:22:00,933
IN FACT, THE WHOLE SITE
406
00:22:00,967 --> 00:22:04,967
SEEMS DEVOID OF ANYTHING
EXCEPT TOMBS AND ROCKS.
407
00:22:05,067 --> 00:22:09,967
SO WHERE DID ALL THE STATUES,
DECORATIONS, AND TREASURES GO?
408
00:22:10,067 --> 00:22:11,333
SADLY, IT'S LIKELY
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00:22:11,367 --> 00:22:13,867
THAT EVERYTHING THAT
COULD'VE BEEN TAKEN AND PILLAGED
410
00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:15,933
WAS REMOVED AND SOLD ON
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00:22:15,967 --> 00:22:18,500
TO DEALERS AND MUSEUMS
AROUND THE WORLD.
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00:22:18,533 --> 00:22:21,600
Cox:
THERE'S STILL LOTS TO BE FOUND.
413
00:22:21,633 --> 00:22:24,066
I MEAN, THE AREA AROUND PETRA
IS FULL OF PLACES WHERE BEDOUIN
414
00:22:24,067 --> 00:22:26,900
AND LOCALS ARE DIGGING
THIS STUFF UP ALL THE TIME.
415
00:22:26,933 --> 00:22:28,867
YOU'VE GOT A RELICS MARKET
416
00:22:28,900 --> 00:22:31,867
THAT IS BEING
VERY EFFICIENTLY RUN.
417
00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,100
Narrator: JAMIE WAS PUT IN TOUCH
WITH A RELIC DEALER
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00:22:42,133 --> 00:22:44,367
IN THE CAPITAL OF JORDAN, AMMAN,
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00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,800
WHO IS SAID TO HAVE BUILT UP
A SUBSTANTIAL COLLECTION
420
00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:50,733
OF RELICS AND ARTIFACTS FROM
THE PETRA SITE OVER THE YEARS,
421
00:22:50,767 --> 00:22:53,067
AND HE AGREED
TO LET JAMIE SEE IT.
422
00:22:58,333 --> 00:23:02,233
THE BEDOUINS WILL UNEARTH PIECES
OF POTTERY
423
00:23:02,267 --> 00:23:04,933
OR OTHER SIMPLE ARTIFACTS
424
00:23:04,967 --> 00:23:08,767
FROM MAYBE
MILLENNIA AND MORE AGO,
425
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:13,400
AND THEY WILL THEN TAKE THEM OFF
TO A LOCAL DEALER
426
00:23:13,433 --> 00:23:18,167
AND PERHAPS GET 10 OR 20 DINARS
FOR THE RELIC THEY'VE FOUND.
427
00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:23,567
IT WILL MAKE ITS WAY TO AMMAN
AND SELL FOR A HUNDRED TIMES
428
00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:30,100
WHAT THE BEDOUIN DISCOVERER WAS
GIVEN BY THE DEALER IN PETRA.
429
00:23:36,267 --> 00:23:37,900
Narrator:
JAMIE HAD BEEN GIVEN A NAME
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00:23:37,933 --> 00:23:40,600
AND ADDRESS
IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF AMMAN.
431
00:23:40,633 --> 00:23:42,867
THE RAHANI FAMILY
HAD BEEN BUYING RELICS
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00:23:42,900 --> 00:23:45,700
FROM PETRA AND OTHER SITES
ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST
433
00:23:45,733 --> 00:23:47,933
FOR MANY DECADES.
434
00:23:47,967 --> 00:23:50,400
WHAT THEY HAD AMASSED
WAS NOW BELIEVED TO BE
435
00:23:50,433 --> 00:23:53,733
THE LARGEST SINGLE COLLECTION
IN THE WORLD.
436
00:23:53,767 --> 00:23:57,467
NEEDLESS TO SAY,
IT'S RARELY SEEN ON CAMERA.
437
00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:59,567
THEY ARRANGED FOR JAMIE
TO SEE IT
438
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,633
BUT DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED.
439
00:24:09,267 --> 00:24:11,867
HERE WE GO.
440
00:24:11,900 --> 00:24:14,066
OH, WOW.
441
00:24:14,067 --> 00:24:16,800
[ CHUCKLES ]
442
00:24:16,833 --> 00:24:19,267
THIS WAS NOT
WHAT I WAS EXPECTING AT ALL.
443
00:24:19,300 --> 00:24:22,133
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
444
00:24:22,167 --> 00:24:24,067
AND THESE
ARE OIL LAMPS, RIGHT?
445
00:24:24,100 --> 00:24:26,467
OIL LAMP, YEAH.
MY GOD.
446
00:24:26,500 --> 00:24:28,509
I'VE SEEN MAYBE ONE OR TWO
OF THESE IN A MUSEUM BEFORE.
447
00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:30,233
I'VE NEVER SEEN
THIS MANY.
448
00:24:30,267 --> 00:24:32,066
AND THIS IS...
SO ALL THIS...
449
00:24:32,067 --> 00:24:33,233
THIS IS ALL
FROM PETRA, RIGHT?
450
00:24:33,267 --> 00:24:34,767
ALL OF THEM PETRA,
YEAH.
451
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,867
SO ALL OF THIS WOULD'VE BEEN
DUG UP FROM UNDERNEATH THE CITY?
452
00:24:38,900 --> 00:24:40,400
YEAH.
WOW.
453
00:24:40,433 --> 00:24:43,300
THAT'S AMAZING.
LOOK AT ALL THESE.
454
00:24:43,333 --> 00:24:47,900
I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING QUITE...
455
00:24:47,933 --> 00:24:49,276
CAN I HAVE A LOOK
AT THESE DOWN HERE?
456
00:24:49,300 --> 00:24:53,733
AND WHAT ARE THESE...
ARE THESE AMPHORA, ARE THEY?
457
00:24:53,767 --> 00:24:55,500
IS THAT
WHAT THESE ARE?
458
00:24:55,533 --> 00:24:58,333
[ BLOWS ] WOW.
459
00:24:58,367 --> 00:25:00,167
AND THIS LOOKS LIKE
AN OSSUARY, RIGHT?
460
00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:01,200
YEAH.
461
00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:02,700
WHERE THEY'D PUT THE BONES?
SURE.
462
00:25:02,733 --> 00:25:08,067
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
463
00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:11,433
AND ROMAN
GLASS PERFUME BOTTLES?
464
00:25:11,467 --> 00:25:15,767
YEAH, PERFUME, ALCOHOL,
AND SOME FOR WINE.
465
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,066
RIGHT, OKAY.
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH OF IT.
466
00:25:18,067 --> 00:25:20,067
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
467
00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:21,933
AND THESE...
OH, WOW.
468
00:25:21,967 --> 00:25:24,333
THESE ARE COPPER SCROLLS?
YES.
469
00:25:24,367 --> 00:25:27,067
YOU SEE, I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY
SEEN THEM BEFORE.
470
00:25:27,100 --> 00:25:28,500
I'VE SEEN PICTURES
OF THESE.
471
00:25:28,533 --> 00:25:30,300
THAT'S AMAZING.
472
00:25:32,333 --> 00:25:33,900
AND I'VE SEEN
THESE TWO-HEADED...
473
00:25:33,933 --> 00:25:35,833
IS THIS GREEK?
474
00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:38,100
GREEK.
475
00:25:38,133 --> 00:25:41,533
HELLENIC.
HELLENIC, YEAH, YEAH.
476
00:25:41,567 --> 00:25:44,067
I'M JUST... I CAN'T BELIEVE
JUST HOW MUCH THERE IS.
477
00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:45,067
[ CHUCKLES ]
478
00:25:45,100 --> 00:25:50,767
AND COPPER ARROWHEADS
AND KNIVES.
479
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,767
LOOK AT ALL THIS.
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH OF IT.
480
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,066
AND SO,
HOW OLD WOULD THESE BE?
481
00:25:56,067 --> 00:25:58,467
4,000.
4,000 YEARS OLD?
482
00:25:58,500 --> 00:25:59,867
YEAH.
AT LEAST.
483
00:25:59,900 --> 00:26:01,900
AND IT'S AMAZING TO THINK
THAT ALL OF THIS STUFF
484
00:26:01,933 --> 00:26:03,543
IS JUST UNDER THE GROUND
WHEN YOU'RE IN PETRA.
485
00:26:03,567 --> 00:26:04,833
YEAH.
486
00:26:04,867 --> 00:26:07,100
THERE'S SO MUCH TREASURE
DOWN THERE, IS THERE NOT?
487
00:26:07,133 --> 00:26:08,800
SURE,
OF COURSE.
488
00:26:08,833 --> 00:26:10,467
AMAZING.
489
00:26:10,500 --> 00:26:12,467
AMAZING.
490
00:26:16,933 --> 00:26:18,467
Cox:
THERE'S STILL LOTS TO BE FOUND.
491
00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:23,367
YOU KNOW, THE AREA AROUND PETRA
IS FULL OF CAVES
492
00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,233
AND GRAVE SITES
493
00:26:26,267 --> 00:26:29,066
AND PLACES
WHERE BEDOUIN AND LOCALS
494
00:26:29,067 --> 00:26:31,066
ARE DIGGING THIS STUFF UP
ALL THE TIME,
495
00:26:31,067 --> 00:26:33,400
AND AT THAT POINT,
496
00:26:33,433 --> 00:26:36,667
YOU HAVE ALMOST LIKE
AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL MARKET
497
00:26:36,700 --> 00:26:38,067
TAKING HOLD OF THIS,
498
00:26:38,100 --> 00:26:40,200
BECAUSE YOU HAVE GOOD STUFF
SENT OFF TO THE GULF.
499
00:26:40,233 --> 00:26:43,433
YOU HAVE THE TOURISTY STUFF
THAT SOME OF IT'S SOLD LOCALLY.
500
00:26:43,467 --> 00:26:46,867
IT BECOMES
A LARGE-SCALE BUSINESS.
501
00:26:50,067 --> 00:26:52,067
OH, NOW,
THESE LOOK FAMILIAR.
502
00:26:52,100 --> 00:26:53,333
OH, RIGHT.
OKAY.
503
00:26:53,367 --> 00:26:55,400
ARE THESE
CUNEIFORM TABLETS?
504
00:26:55,433 --> 00:26:57,066
YES.
OH, MY GOD.
505
00:26:57,067 --> 00:26:58,767
SO, THESE MUST BE WHAT?
HOW OLD?
506
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,400
IT'S SUMERIAN, 6,000 B.C.
OKAY.
507
00:27:01,433 --> 00:27:03,567
SO THIS IS
THE EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING,
508
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,400
8,000 YEARS OLD.
509
00:27:05,433 --> 00:27:07,433
AND I'VE SEEN PICTURES
OF THESE,
510
00:27:07,467 --> 00:27:09,767
BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS
511
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:11,467
IN THE FLESH,
AS IT WERE.
512
00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:13,533
AND I CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT MY NOSE
513
00:27:13,567 --> 00:27:17,600
IS THIS CLOSE TO SOMETHING
THAT'S 8,000 YEARS OLD.
514
00:27:17,633 --> 00:27:19,400
THIS IS AMAZING.
515
00:27:26,433 --> 00:27:28,433
THIS IS EGYPTIAN.
516
00:27:28,467 --> 00:27:32,400
EGYPTIAN?
MUMMY, SPOTTED IN A COFFIN.
517
00:27:32,433 --> 00:27:33,933
WOW.
THAT IS...
518
00:27:33,967 --> 00:27:36,567
AND YOU CAN SEE
THE FABRIC STILL.
519
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:37,900
AND IT'S JUST...
520
00:27:37,933 --> 00:27:41,133
WHAT AMAZES ME IS JUST HOW
WELL-PRESERVED EVERYTHING IS.
521
00:27:41,167 --> 00:27:42,867
I MEAN,
THAT IS JUST EXTRAORDINARY.
522
00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:44,167
YEAH,
IT WAS.
523
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,233
AND PRICELESS.
524
00:27:46,267 --> 00:27:49,233
[ CHUCKLES ]
AND PRICELESS. SURE.
525
00:27:55,300 --> 00:27:57,667
Butler: THESE FINDS
THAT THE BEDOUIN MAKE
526
00:27:57,700 --> 00:28:03,400
DON'T USUALLY GET PASSED ON
TO THE HISTORICAL AUTHORITIES
527
00:28:03,433 --> 00:28:07,067
OF JORDAN
OR THE SURROUNDING REGIONS.
528
00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:11,333
IT'S MUCH BETTER
FOR WHOEVER IT IS TO PASS IT ON
529
00:28:11,367 --> 00:28:14,767
TO AN IN-BETWEEN DEALER,
IF YOU LIKE,
530
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,233
WHO WILL BUY IT
ON THE BLACK MARKET,
531
00:28:17,267 --> 00:28:19,933
PAY A VERY,
VERY SMALL PRICE FOR IT,
532
00:28:19,967 --> 00:28:22,800
AND THEN HE THEN
WILL SELL IT ON.
533
00:28:22,833 --> 00:28:24,267
IT WILL BE SOLD ON AGAIN,
534
00:28:24,300 --> 00:28:26,767
AND WILL IT OFTEN END UP
IN THE PRIVATE COLLECTION
535
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,767
OF SOME PERSON
LIVING DOWN IN ARABIA
536
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,600
OR EVEN UP IN ISRAEL,
537
00:28:33,633 --> 00:28:36,533
WHO WILL HAVE PAID
A MASSIVE AMOUNT MORE FOR IT
538
00:28:36,567 --> 00:28:39,867
THAN WAS GIVEN
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
539
00:28:42,900 --> 00:28:45,900
Narrator: WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN JAMIE SITS DOWN
540
00:28:45,933 --> 00:28:47,733
WITH THE LOCAL RELIC HUNTERS
IN PETRA?
541
00:28:47,767 --> 00:28:51,567
WHAT IS HE SHOWN,
AND WHAT SECRETS ARE REVEALED?
542
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,667
AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY ALL
543
00:28:53,700 --> 00:28:56,267
HEAD OUT INTO THE DESERT
AT NIGHT?
544
00:28:56,300 --> 00:29:02,567
MORE STARTLING REVELATIONS WHEN
"FORBIDDEN HISTORY" RETURNS.
545
00:29:06,067 --> 00:29:07,943
Narrator: JOURNALIST
JAMIE THEAKSTON IS ON THE TRAIL
546
00:29:07,967 --> 00:29:10,533
OF THE LOST TREASURES
OF THE CITY OF PETRA IN JORDAN,
547
00:29:10,567 --> 00:29:14,433
LEFT BEHIND BY ITS PREVIOUS
INHABITANTS, THE NABATAEANS,
548
00:29:14,467 --> 00:29:18,167
AND THE COUNTLESS VISITORS
DOWN THROUGH THE CENTURIES.
549
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,800
HE'S ALREADY BEEN
ON AN EXTENSIVE TOUR OF THE SITE
550
00:29:21,833 --> 00:29:24,967
WITH LOCAL HISTORIAN
DR. SULEIMAN FARAJAT,
551
00:29:25,067 --> 00:29:27,400
ONLY TO FIND EMPTY TOMBS
AND CAVES.
552
00:29:27,433 --> 00:29:31,167
WHATEVER WAS HERE
SEEMS TO HAVE LONG GONE,
553
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,767
BUT WHEN HE VISITED
A RELIC DEALER IN AMMAN,
554
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,933
HE WAS TOLD THAT TREASURES
WERE STILL BEING DISCOVERED
555
00:29:36,967 --> 00:29:40,433
BY THE LOCAL BEDOUIN TRIBES
WHO LIVED NEAR THE ANCIENT SITE.
556
00:29:40,467 --> 00:29:44,300
IF ANYONE KNEW WHERE SOMETHING
COULD BE FOUND, IT WAS THEM.
557
00:29:44,333 --> 00:29:45,600
Fanthorpe: I, FOR ONE,
558
00:29:45,633 --> 00:29:49,600
TRUST THE BEDOUIN KNOWLEDGE
OF THE AREA.
559
00:29:49,633 --> 00:29:52,100
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD EVIDENCE
560
00:29:52,133 --> 00:29:58,367
THAT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL
TREASURE WAITING TO BE FOUND.
561
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,533
Narrator:
BACK IN PETRA THAT EVENING,
562
00:30:09,567 --> 00:30:12,400
JAMIE WAS PUT IN CONTACT
WITH SOME LOCAL BEDOUINS
563
00:30:12,433 --> 00:30:14,333
WHO STILL EXCAVATE IN THE AREA
564
00:30:14,367 --> 00:30:17,767
AND WHO SUPPLY
THE EVER-HUNGRY COLLECTORS.
565
00:30:22,267 --> 00:30:24,767
HE'D BEEN GIVEN AN ADDRESS
IN THE NEW TOWN
566
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,533
THAT HAD BEEN BUILT
FOR THE BEDOUIN TRIBES
567
00:30:26,567 --> 00:30:29,400
THAT USED TO LIVE
INSIDE THE ANCIENT CITY
568
00:30:29,433 --> 00:30:32,200
AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY
WOULD SHOW HIM SOME OF THE ITEMS
569
00:30:32,233 --> 00:30:34,000
THEY HAD DUG UP.
570
00:30:37,967 --> 00:30:40,567
AHMAD, DO YOU THINK
THAT THERE IS MAYBE TREASURE
571
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:41,933
STILL BURIED UP AT PETRA?
572
00:30:41,967 --> 00:30:44,967
YEAH, STILL...
STILL MANY THINGS BECAUSE,
573
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,267
YOU KNOW, EXACTLY FROM
LIKE 60% OF PETRA
574
00:30:48,300 --> 00:30:50,700
UNTIL NOW
UNDER THE GROUND.
575
00:30:50,733 --> 00:30:53,500
AND SOMETIME
IN THE WINTERTIMES, YOU KNOW,
576
00:30:53,533 --> 00:30:56,100
YOU FIND MANY BEDOUINS
GO AROUND TO,
577
00:30:56,133 --> 00:30:58,800
AND THERE'S
A WOMEN'S MOUNDS AND KIDS,
578
00:30:58,833 --> 00:31:00,467
GO TO LOOK
FOR THE COINS.
579
00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:02,900
IT'S LIKE ROMANS
OR NABATAEANS.
580
00:31:02,933 --> 00:31:06,067
THE MONEY... HE USE IT LIKE
IN ROMAN AND NABATAEAN TIMES.
581
00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:08,833
SOME OF THEM DIG
IN THE NIGHT.
582
00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:11,600
WHY DO THEY HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL IT'S NIGHTTIME?
583
00:31:11,633 --> 00:31:13,433
BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALLOWED.
OKAY.
584
00:31:13,467 --> 00:31:14,733
SO YOU CAN'T...
YOU CAN'T DIG...
585
00:31:14,767 --> 00:31:17,800
FROM THE GOVERNMENT, YEAH,
IT'S NOT ALLOWED.
586
00:31:17,833 --> 00:31:19,500
IN THE WINTERTIME,
ANYBODY GO
587
00:31:19,533 --> 00:31:22,066
BECAUSE HE KNOWS
IT'S THE WINTERS OF THE WATER,
588
00:31:22,067 --> 00:31:23,567
HE CAN FIND
THE COINS.
589
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,833
SOMETHING OTHER, LIKE BATTERY
OR JAR OR LAMP OR SOMETHING.
590
00:31:26,867 --> 00:31:29,733
HE GO IN THE NIGHT
BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALLOWED.
591
00:31:32,467 --> 00:31:33,909
DO YOU EVER GO DIGGING?
WELL, OF COURSE, YES.
592
00:31:33,933 --> 00:31:35,667
BUT IT'S NOT ALLOWED.
593
00:31:35,700 --> 00:31:38,467
BUT WE TRY
TO MAKE OUR LIVING, LIKE...
594
00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:40,900
SOMETIMES, WE GO,
ALL OF US, YOU KNOW.
595
00:31:40,933 --> 00:31:42,633
AND SO,
HOW DO YOU MAKE A LIVING?
596
00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:44,933
WHAT, DO YOU SELL...
DO YOU SELL WHAT YOU FIND?
597
00:31:44,967 --> 00:31:47,767
SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW,
WE SELL IT SOMEBODY.
598
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,867
THEY'RE SOME PEOPLE SPECIALTY
BUY SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
599
00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:52,200
AND SOME OF THEM,
600
00:31:52,233 --> 00:31:54,700
WE KEEP IT SOMETHING,
LIKE A TREASURE OR SOMETHING.
601
00:31:54,733 --> 00:31:55,700
YOU DIDN'T FIND...
602
00:31:55,733 --> 00:31:57,200
TEAPOT?
YEAH.
603
00:31:57,233 --> 00:32:01,600
LIKE, SOME OF US LIKE TO COLLECT
SOME SPECIAL KIND OF MONEY,
604
00:32:01,633 --> 00:32:02,933
LIKE,
THE NABATAEAN.
605
00:32:02,967 --> 00:32:05,233
BECAUSE THE NABATAEAN,
YOU KNOW, IT'S FEW MONEY.
606
00:32:05,267 --> 00:32:06,367
NOT LIKE THE ROMAN.
607
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,067
THE ROMAN, FOR EXAMPLE,
YOU FIND IT EVERYWHERE.
608
00:32:11,967 --> 00:32:14,500
Fanthorpe:
ONE OF THE BIG FACTORS THERE,
609
00:32:14,533 --> 00:32:18,967
IN SOCIAL TERMS, IS THE WAY
THAT THE BEDOUINS BEHAVE.
610
00:32:19,067 --> 00:32:21,767
THEY HAVE BEEN THERE
FOR CENTURIES.
611
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,667
THEY REGARD IT AS
THEIR TERRITORY, THEIR PROPERTY,
612
00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:28,200
AND THEY GET A LITTLE PIECE
OF POTTERY
613
00:32:28,233 --> 00:32:33,900
OR THE ODD INSTRUMENT OR SPOON
OR SOME OTHER PIECE OF CUTLERY,
614
00:32:33,933 --> 00:32:37,300
THEY WILL WANT
TO LAY FIRST CLAIM TO IT.
615
00:32:37,333 --> 00:32:38,700
AS IT IS,
616
00:32:38,733 --> 00:32:43,067
THEY WILL PUT A GOOD PRICE ON IT
AND SELL IT TO THE TOURISTS.
617
00:32:49,733 --> 00:32:51,267
Narrator:
NEEDLESS TO SAY,
618
00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:53,933
THIS IS A NOT A SIDE OF PETRA
THAT THE TOURISTS SEE,
619
00:32:53,967 --> 00:32:57,367
NOR A PART
THAT THE AUTHORITIES WANT KNOWN.
620
00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,067
THEY SEE MANY OF THESE BEDOUINS
AS THIEVES,
621
00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:04,700
BUT THE BEDOUINS TELL JAMIE THAT
IT'S THEIR TERRITORIAL RIGHT
622
00:33:04,733 --> 00:33:08,433
TO LIVE AND DIG AT PETRA.
623
00:33:08,467 --> 00:33:12,733
SO, DO THE BEDOUIN KNOW
WHERE THE TREASURE IS BURIED?
624
00:33:12,767 --> 00:33:14,167
OH,
NOBODY KNOW,
625
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,633
BUT, YOU KNOW,
THEY GO AND THEY DIGGING.
626
00:33:16,667 --> 00:33:17,943
SOME OF THEM,
THEY FIND TREASURE,
627
00:33:17,967 --> 00:33:19,267
SOME OF THEM NOT.
628
00:33:19,300 --> 00:33:20,333
NOBODY KNOW.
629
00:33:20,367 --> 00:33:22,600
IF I KNOW THERE IS A TREASURE,
I WILL GO.
630
00:33:22,633 --> 00:33:26,400
AND DO THE BEDOUIN BELIEVE THAT
THAT TREASURE BELONGS TO THEM?
631
00:33:26,433 --> 00:33:30,267
IF IT WAS THEIR LAND,
THE TREASURE IS THEIRS?
632
00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:31,600
YOU KNOW,
FOR EXAMPLE,
633
00:33:31,633 --> 00:33:34,300
LIKE,
IF I FOUND IT, IT'S FOR ME.
634
00:33:34,333 --> 00:33:36,133
LIKE, HERE ON,
FOR EXAMPLE,
635
00:33:36,167 --> 00:33:37,367
ALL THE BEDOUIN.
636
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,400
NOW, IF I FOUND THE GOLD,
IT BELONGS TO ME.
637
00:33:40,433 --> 00:33:41,833
LIKE,
BECAUSE THEY...
638
00:33:41,867 --> 00:33:44,400
WE ARE BELONG
TO THE NABATAEAN PEOPLE.
639
00:33:44,433 --> 00:33:47,967
WE ARE THE BEDOUIN WHO'S
LIKE TRAVEL AND TO STAY HERE
640
00:33:48,067 --> 00:33:51,400
AND, LIKE,
OUR GRANDFATHER'S NABATAEAN.
641
00:33:51,433 --> 00:33:54,633
SO WE BELIEVE, LIKE EVERYTHING,
WE FOUND IT,
642
00:33:54,667 --> 00:33:56,667
IT'S BELONG TO US.
643
00:33:56,700 --> 00:34:00,067
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY RELICS
HERE IN YOUR HOUSE?
644
00:34:00,100 --> 00:34:02,167
DO YOU
KEEP STUFF HERE, OR...?
645
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,500
YES, WE KEEP.
YEAH.
646
00:34:03,533 --> 00:34:05,243
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT
YOU CAN SHOW ME THAT YOU HAVE?
647
00:34:05,267 --> 00:34:07,300
[ CONVERSING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
648
00:34:09,967 --> 00:34:10,967
THANK YOU.
649
00:34:11,067 --> 00:34:13,067
[ CONVERSING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
650
00:34:29,867 --> 00:34:31,600
SO,
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT HERE?
651
00:34:31,633 --> 00:34:32,633
THIS WAS A JAR.
652
00:34:32,667 --> 00:34:34,933
IT WAS USED,
LIKE, IN BYZANTINE TIMES.
653
00:34:34,967 --> 00:34:37,633
SO THE LAST TIME
FOR THE PEOPLE CAN...
654
00:34:37,667 --> 00:34:39,167
THE FIRST TIME NABATAEANS
655
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:40,933
AND AFTER ROMAN,
THIS IS THE LAST TIME.
656
00:34:40,967 --> 00:34:43,400
IT'S THE BYZANTINES.
IT'S MADE FROM THE BYZANTINES.
657
00:34:43,433 --> 00:34:46,267
SO, THIS IS WHAT,
2,000 YEARS OLD?
658
00:34:46,300 --> 00:34:48,133
YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
2,000 YEARS OLD.
659
00:34:48,167 --> 00:34:49,767
BECAUSE I SAW JARS
LIKE THIS
660
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,733
IN THE PRIVATE COLLECTION
IN AMMAN.
661
00:34:51,767 --> 00:34:52,767
UH-HUH. YEAH.
662
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,067
AND IS THIS WORTH
A LOT OF MONEY?
663
00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:57,133
YEAH,
WHEN WE SELL IT,
664
00:34:57,167 --> 00:34:58,900
WE SELL IT SOMETIME
WITH THE CHEAP PRICE.
665
00:34:58,933 --> 00:35:01,400
YOU KNOW, FOR US,
WHEN WE SELL IT,
666
00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:03,833
LIKE ONE, TWO, EXACTLY,
200 DINAR.
667
00:35:03,867 --> 00:35:06,100
SOMETHING LIKE
200 DINAR.
668
00:35:06,133 --> 00:35:08,067
SO, THAT'S ABOUT 200 POUNDS
IN OUR MONEY?
669
00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:09,167
YEAH, YEAH.
670
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,333
BUT MAYBE TO A BIG
AMERICAN COLLECTOR,
671
00:35:11,367 --> 00:35:12,776
IT WOULD BE WORTH
THOUSANDS OF POUNDS.
672
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:13,833
EXACTLY.
WOW.
673
00:35:13,867 --> 00:35:14,833
OKAY.
674
00:35:14,867 --> 00:35:17,600
AND THIS CAME UP
FROM PETRA?
675
00:35:17,633 --> 00:35:19,633
YEAH, THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND
IN THE TRACK.
676
00:35:19,667 --> 00:35:22,600
THIS IS EXACTLY...
WE FIND THAT ONE OF THE TOMBS,
677
00:35:22,633 --> 00:35:25,200
BUT IT WAS FULL OF WATER,
YOU KNOW, MANY WATER.
678
00:35:25,233 --> 00:35:27,433
AND THIS WAS YOU FIND
AT ONE OF THE TOMB IN THERE.
679
00:35:27,467 --> 00:35:30,133
SO, IF THE GOVERNMENT
KNEW THAT YOU HAD THIS,
680
00:35:30,167 --> 00:35:31,900
WOULD THEY
TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU?
681
00:35:31,933 --> 00:35:33,066
WOULD YOU BE IN TROUBLE?
OH, THEY WOULD TAKE IT AWAY.
682
00:35:33,067 --> 00:35:34,067
NOW, WOULD THEY?
WE MAKE TROUBLE.
683
00:35:34,068 --> 00:35:35,833
YOU WOULD GO
TO JAIL
684
00:35:35,867 --> 00:35:37,543
IF THEY CAME AND
THEY FOUND THIS IN YOUR HOUSE?
685
00:35:37,567 --> 00:35:39,167
OH, YES.
RIGHT, OKAY.
686
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:40,800
OKAY, RIGHT.
OKAY.
687
00:35:40,833 --> 00:35:43,533
THAT'S AMAZING.
THANK YOU.
688
00:35:47,133 --> 00:35:49,867
Fanthorpe: THEY LIVE IN HOPES
THAT THEY'LL FIND PERHAPS
689
00:35:49,900 --> 00:35:52,200
THE LOST TREASURE OF PHARAOH
690
00:35:52,233 --> 00:35:55,367
OR SOME RICHES
THAT WERE LEFT THERE
691
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:59,800
WHEN IT WAS PART OF BALDWIN'S
KINGDOM OF THE HOLY LAND,
692
00:35:59,833 --> 00:36:02,433
AND I, FOR ONE,
693
00:36:02,467 --> 00:36:06,500
WOULD BE INCLINED
TO TRUST THE BEDOUIN KNOWLEDGE
694
00:36:06,533 --> 00:36:11,767
OF THE AREA AND TO SAY, "YES,
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD EVIDENCE
695
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:18,167
THAT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL
TREASURE WAITING TO BE FOUND."
696
00:36:23,133 --> 00:36:26,167
Narrator: AFTER A FEW HOURS
OF CHATTING AWAY OVER TEA,
697
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,667
THE LOCAL BEDOUINS
FELT COMFORTABLE ENOUGH
698
00:36:28,700 --> 00:36:30,833
WITH JAMIE AND THE CREW
TO INVITE THEM
699
00:36:30,867 --> 00:36:33,433
ON ONE OF THEIR SCAVENGING TRIPS
INTO THE DESERT
700
00:36:33,467 --> 00:36:36,933
TO SEE WHAT,
IF ANYTHING, THEY'D FIND.
701
00:36:39,467 --> 00:36:42,767
MANY OF THE LOCAL BEDOUIN
FAMILIES SEND SMALL PARTIES
702
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:48,433
OUT INTO THE DESERT AFTER DARK
TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DUG UP.
703
00:36:48,467 --> 00:36:50,867
MOST OF THE DISCOVERIES
ARE JUST COINS,
704
00:36:50,900 --> 00:36:53,867
SHARDS OF POTTERY,
AND OTHER LOW-VALUE ITEMS,
705
00:36:53,900 --> 00:36:56,066
WHICH THEY SELL ON TO TOURISTS,
706
00:36:56,067 --> 00:37:00,733
BUT OCCASIONALLY, SOMETHING
MORE SIGNIFICANT DOES COME UP.
707
00:37:00,767 --> 00:37:03,800
[ CONVERSING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
708
00:37:06,467 --> 00:37:08,433
THE GUY'S SAYING
THAT THEY NEED TO KEEP THE...
709
00:37:08,467 --> 00:37:10,433
THEY NEED TO KEEP
THE RADIO NOISE DOWN
710
00:37:10,467 --> 00:37:12,833
BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED
THE GUARDS MIGHT HEAR.
711
00:37:23,300 --> 00:37:25,267
Narrator:
ONCE THEY ARRIVED ON SITE,
712
00:37:25,300 --> 00:37:28,200
JAMIE AND THE CREW WERE GIVEN
A QUICK SECURITY BRIEFING.
713
00:37:28,233 --> 00:37:31,066
THE BEDOUINS DON'T WANT
TO GET CAUGHT OUT HERE,
714
00:37:31,067 --> 00:37:32,433
SO THEY POST LOOKOUTS.
715
00:37:32,467 --> 00:37:35,100
AND IF AN UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLE
APPROACHED,
716
00:37:35,133 --> 00:37:39,133
IT WOULD BE TIME TO LEAVE...
FAST.
717
00:37:39,167 --> 00:37:42,333
[ CONVERSING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
718
00:37:56,067 --> 00:37:57,800
OKAY.
719
00:37:57,833 --> 00:38:01,267
SO, HOW WILL WE KNOW
IF THEY'VE SEEN US DIGGING?
720
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:15,633
WHAT HAPPENS
ON THIS NIGHTTIME ADVENTURE?
721
00:38:15,667 --> 00:38:18,833
WHAT RELICS ARE UNEARTHED
IN THIS ANCIENT PLACE?
722
00:38:18,867 --> 00:38:22,533
AND WHAT HAPPENS
IF THEY ARE DISCOVERED?
723
00:38:22,567 --> 00:38:26,233
THE DRAMATIC CONCLUSION WHEN
"FORBIDDEN HISTORY" RETURNS.
724
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,500
Narrator: JOURNALIST JAMIE
THEAKSTON IS ON A MISSION
725
00:38:35,533 --> 00:38:38,467
TO FIND THE LOST TREASURES
OF THE CITY OF PETRA IN JORDAN,
726
00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:41,700
SAID TO HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND
BY ITS PREVIOUS INHABITANTS.
727
00:38:41,733 --> 00:38:42,933
ON THE FACE OF IT,
728
00:38:42,967 --> 00:38:45,700
THE SITE ITSELF
WAS AN ANCIENT GHOST TOWN,
729
00:38:45,733 --> 00:38:48,900
FULL OF EMPTY ROCK-CUT TOMBS
AND CAVES.
730
00:38:48,933 --> 00:38:52,967
WHATEVER GREAT TREASURES IT HAD
HAD LONG BEEN TAKEN ELSEWHERE
731
00:38:53,067 --> 00:38:56,233
OR REMAINED BURIED
UNDER TONS OF SAND AND ROCKS,
732
00:38:56,267 --> 00:38:59,100
BUT WHAT HE DISCOVERED
WHEN HE SCRATCHED THE SURFACE
733
00:38:59,133 --> 00:39:00,600
WAS A REVELATION...
734
00:39:00,633 --> 00:39:04,700
A SECRET UNDERGROUND TRADE
IN RELICS BY THE LOCAL BEDOUINS
735
00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:06,767
THAT WAS STILL GOING ON TODAY.
736
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,700
HE MET WITH A GROUP WHO
REGULARLY WENT INTO THE DESERT
737
00:39:09,733 --> 00:39:11,633
TO SCAVENGE FOR TREASURES,
738
00:39:11,667 --> 00:39:14,700
AND THEY HAD AGREED
TO LET HIM TAG ALONG.
739
00:39:14,733 --> 00:39:16,667
Cox:
THERE WILL BE CACHES OF RELICS.
740
00:39:16,700 --> 00:39:19,267
THERE WILL BE GRAVES,
THERE'LL BE TOMBS.
741
00:39:19,300 --> 00:39:21,533
WE FOUND, I THINK,
A DROP IN THE OCEAN
742
00:39:21,567 --> 00:39:24,200
OF WHAT'S TO BE FOUND
NEAR PETRA.
743
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,433
[ CONVERSING
IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
744
00:39:36,267 --> 00:39:39,667
Narrator: JAMIE IS TAKEN TO AN
AREA ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF PETRA
745
00:39:39,700 --> 00:39:43,067
THAT THE BEDOUINS HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON FOR SOME TIME.
746
00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:46,400
THEY SAID IT WAS PART OF AN
ORIGINAL NABATAEAN SETTLEMENT,
747
00:39:46,433 --> 00:39:49,933
WHICH HAD ALREADY YIELDED UP
SOME SMALL ARTIFACTS.
748
00:39:49,967 --> 00:39:52,867
ALTHOUGH THE INFRARED IMAGES
LOOK QUITE LIGHT,
749
00:39:52,900 --> 00:39:56,067
THEY WERE ACTUALLY WORKING
IN NEAR DARKNESS.
750
00:39:57,867 --> 00:39:59,633
HOW GOOD IS THE PLACE?
OKAY.
751
00:39:59,667 --> 00:40:01,933
THIS IS A BIG MARK
SO YOU KNOW WHERE TO DIG?
752
00:40:01,967 --> 00:40:02,967
YEAH.
753
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:04,767
THESE TWO,
YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S...
754
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,600
OH, OKAY.
755
00:40:06,633 --> 00:40:08,567
WE DIG
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TWO.
756
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,567
OKAY.
YEAH.
757
00:40:13,167 --> 00:40:14,900
MM.
758
00:40:24,867 --> 00:40:27,033
SO, WHAT KIND OF THING
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
759
00:40:27,067 --> 00:40:32,433
WE LOOK, LIKE, JARS, KNIVES,
SOMETHING LIKE THESE LITTLE...
760
00:40:32,467 --> 00:40:33,667
OKAY.
761
00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:34,700
OH, DON'T STOP.
762
00:40:34,733 --> 00:40:36,900
[ CONVERSING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
763
00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:43,600
Butler:
IT HAS OFTEN BEEN SAID
764
00:40:43,633 --> 00:40:47,600
THAT PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS
LOOKED FOR TREASURE IN PETRA,
765
00:40:47,633 --> 00:40:50,800
AND I THINK THEY CERTAINLY HAVE.
766
00:40:50,833 --> 00:40:53,533
AND OF COURSE, AT TIMES,
REPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE
767
00:40:53,567 --> 00:40:55,267
THAT TREASURE WAS FOUND THERE.
768
00:40:55,300 --> 00:40:58,967
REPUTEDLY,
ACCORDING TO ARAB WRITERS,
769
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:03,467
THE CRUSADERS FOUND TREASURE
THERE IN THE 1180s,
770
00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:07,200
TREASURE THAT WAS RELATED
TO THE DISTANT HEBREW PAST.
771
00:41:07,233 --> 00:41:10,967
WHETHER THIS IS TRUE OR NOT,
IT'S HARD TO SAY.
772
00:41:11,067 --> 00:41:13,733
IT'S LIKE
2,000 YEARS HERE.
773
00:41:13,767 --> 00:41:16,066
Narrator:
AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF DIGGING,
774
00:41:16,067 --> 00:41:18,833
THE BEDOUINS
DISCOVER A SMALL OBJECT.
775
00:41:18,867 --> 00:41:22,167
IT WAS AN OIL LAMP,
ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE ONES
776
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,767
JAMIE WAS SHOWN IN AMMAN AND
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON ARTIFACTS
777
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,533
THAT'S EXCAVATED IN PETRA.
778
00:41:28,567 --> 00:41:30,066
CAN I HAVE A...
CAN I HAVE A LOOK?
779
00:41:30,067 --> 00:41:31,567
CAN I TOUCH IT?
780
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:33,467
BE CAREFUL.
781
00:41:33,500 --> 00:41:34,700
BUT TO THE BEDOUINS,
782
00:41:34,733 --> 00:41:37,667
IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT
AND NOT VALUABLE.
783
00:41:37,700 --> 00:41:41,333
DESPITE POSSIBLY
BEING OVER 2,000 YEARS OLD,
784
00:41:41,367 --> 00:41:47,667
IT WOULD ONLY FETCH AROUND $10
IF THEY SOLD IT TO A DEALER.
785
00:41:48,867 --> 00:41:52,267
THE SUN WOULD BE COMING UP SOON,
786
00:41:52,300 --> 00:41:54,500
AND THE TEAM DIDN'T WANT
TO OUTSTAY THEIR WELCOME.
787
00:41:54,533 --> 00:41:56,700
SO IT WAS TIME TO GO.
788
00:41:56,733 --> 00:41:59,067
THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE FOUND
ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT,
789
00:41:59,100 --> 00:42:02,200
BUT AS THE DISCOVERY
OF THE OIL LAMP PROVED,
790
00:42:02,233 --> 00:42:04,833
THIS ANCIENT PLACE
STILL HAS MANY RELICS
791
00:42:04,867 --> 00:42:06,900
AND SECRETS TO GIVE UP.
792
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,933
Prince: THINGS ARE FOUND
REGULARLY AT PETRA,
793
00:42:15,967 --> 00:42:17,967
ON A SMALL SCALE OR LARGE SCALE.
794
00:42:18,067 --> 00:42:21,167
ALL OF IT'S SOLD BY THE LOCALS.
795
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:22,500
THE BIGGER STUFF
796
00:42:22,533 --> 00:42:25,100
GOES INTO THE INTERNATIONAL
ANTIQUITIES TRADE.
797
00:42:25,133 --> 00:42:27,867
BUT, YES, THERE ARE THINGS
BEING FOUND ALL THE TIME,
798
00:42:27,900 --> 00:42:30,900
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY
A LOT MORE TO BE FOUND.
799
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:36,200
Cox: IF IT'S ONLY 35% EXCAVATED,
WHAT ELSE IS TO BE FOUND?
800
00:42:36,233 --> 00:42:39,333
AND WITH THOSE FINDS,
THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW,
801
00:42:39,367 --> 00:42:41,533
THERE WILL BE CACHES OF RELICS.
802
00:42:41,567 --> 00:42:44,533
THERE WILL BE GRAVES,
THERE'LL BE TOMBS.
803
00:42:44,567 --> 00:42:47,600
WE'VE FOUND, I THINK,
A DROP IN THE OCEAN
804
00:42:47,633 --> 00:42:49,967
OF WHAT'S TO BE FOUND HERE
IN PLACES LIKE PETRA
805
00:42:50,067 --> 00:42:51,833
AND OTHER GREAT SITES.
806
00:42:56,167 --> 00:43:00,067
Fanthorpe: ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY IT SEEMS LIKELY
807
00:43:00,100 --> 00:43:05,633
THAT BEFORE LONG, SOME VAST
TREASURE MAY BE UNCOVERED
808
00:43:05,667 --> 00:43:08,133
IS THIS TRICKLE OF RELICS.
809
00:43:08,167 --> 00:43:11,733
IT'S PERSISTENT, IT GOES ON.
810
00:43:11,767 --> 00:43:15,066
IF THERE WAS NOTHING
COMING UP IN THE SAND,
811
00:43:15,067 --> 00:43:18,533
THEN WE CAN SAY, "OKAY,
IT'S JUST AN ANCIENT CITY.
812
00:43:18,567 --> 00:43:20,767
IT'S OBSOLETE. IT'S GONE."
813
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,533
BUT WHEN
THESE INTERESTING DISCOVERIES
814
00:43:23,567 --> 00:43:26,900
ARE MADE SO REGULARLY,
815
00:43:26,933 --> 00:43:29,467
IT DOES GIVE GROUNDS TO HOPE
816
00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:32,967
THAT THERE IS SOMETHING
MUCH BIGGER,
817
00:43:33,067 --> 00:43:37,400
MUCH MORE VALUABLE
JUST WAITING TO BE UNEARTHED.
818
00:43:37,433 --> 00:43:41,133
IT'S A JUG TODAY,
BUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR,
819
00:43:41,167 --> 00:43:44,667
THERE MAY BE A JUG
FULL OF GOLD PIECES.
820
00:43:54,633 --> 00:43:57,067
Narrator:
PETRA IS A MAGNIFICENT RUIN
821
00:43:57,100 --> 00:43:59,233
THAT'S BEEN
STANDING PROUDLY IN THE DESERT
822
00:43:59,267 --> 00:44:02,300
FOR OVER 2,500 YEARS.
823
00:44:02,333 --> 00:44:04,700
BUT THERE IS A SECRET SIDE...
824
00:44:04,733 --> 00:44:07,066
A RELENTLESS,
EVEN RUTHLESS, SEARCH
825
00:44:07,067 --> 00:44:09,066
BY RELIC HUNTERS AND DEALERS
826
00:44:09,067 --> 00:44:12,767
FOR WHATEVER'S BEEN
BURIED THERE OVER THE CENTURIES.
827
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:14,967
THE $6 MILLION QUESTION IS
828
00:44:15,067 --> 00:44:19,700
WHAT, IF ANYTHING,
IS STILL LEFT?
829
00:44:19,733 --> 00:44:22,400
BEARING IN MIND THAT ONLY
15% OF THE WHOLE SITE
830
00:44:22,433 --> 00:44:27,400
HAS EVER BEEN EXCAVATED,
THE LIKELIHOOD IS QUITE A LOT.
64588
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