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Yeah. wow. thats 2,000 years old. 2,000 years old? lets see if i can find any treasures. 0k, stand back. let the... let the master get to work. is that cool? yeah. lets look. thats stone. im terrible, i cant find anything! well, i might not be having much luck — but over the last few years, theyve found all sorts here. painted pottery, coins, lamps and decorations from the temple. now, as more pieces are retrieved and catalogued, its hoped we can learn more about the everyday lives of the peop...

Here, orsomething? yeah, were ready to go. ready? woo! this is an interesting route to get down here. so, tell me what youre doing. now we sift most of this sand... ahmed and iman both grew up in petra, and have become experts at sorting through the material here. so, youre basically sieving out all the dust and looking for the valuable pieces. yes. can i have a go? i was enjoying tasting the dust, but now... v0|ce—0ver: iman shows me the sort of thing theyre looking for. like, normalstones, w...

Lets see if i can find any treasures. 0k, stand back. let the... let the master get to work. is that cool? yeah. lets look. thats stone. im terrible, i cant find anything! well, i might not be having much luck, but over the last few years, theyve found all sorts here — painted pottery, coins, lamps and decorations from the temple. now, as more pieces are retrieved and catalogued, its hoped we can learn more about the everyday lives of the people who built this incredible city more than 2,000 y...

This is an interesting route to get down here. so, tell me what youre doing. now we sift most of this sand... ahmed and iman both grew up in petra, and have become experts at sorting through the material here. so, youre basically sieving out all the dust and looking for the valuable pieces. yes. can i have a go? i was enjoying tasting the dust, but now... v0|ce—0ver: iman shows me the sort of thing theyre looking for. like, normalstones, we dont need them. we dont need to keep them. yeah, that...

Up in petra and have become experts at sorting through the material here. so, youre basically sieving out all the dust and looking for the valuable pieces. yes. can i have a go? i was enjoying tasting the dust, but now... iman shows me the sort of thing theyre looking for. like, normal stones, we dont need them. j we dont need to keep them. yeah, that doesnt look very valuable, that one. no. so, this is part of a jar. and its nabataean. so, thatd be the original people who lived here, the nabata...

Woo! this is an interesting route to get down here. so, tell me what youre doing. now we sift most of this sand... ahmed and iman both grew up in petra, and have become experts at sorting through the material here. so, youre basically sieving out all the dust and looking for the valuable pieces. yes. can i have a go? i was enjoying tasting the dust, but now... voice—over: iman shows me the sort of thing theyre looking for. like, normalstones, we dont need them. we dont need to keep them. yeah,...

Woo! this is an interesting route to get down here. so, tell me what youre doing. now we sift most of this sand... ahmed and iman both grew up in petra, and have become experts at sorting through the material here. so, youre basically sieving out all the dust and looking for the valuable pieces. yes. can i have a go? i was enjoying tasting the dust, but now... voice—over: iman shows me the sort of thing theyre looking for. like, normal stones, we dont need them. j we dont need to keep them. ye...

Yes. can i have a go? i was enjoying tasting the dust, but now... voice—over: iman shows me the sort of thing theyre looking for. like, normal stones, we dont need them. j we dont need to keep them. yeah, that doesnt look very valuable, that one. no. so, this is part of a jar. and its nabataean. so, thatd be the original people who lived here, the nabataeans? yes. so, thatd be very, very old? yeah. wow. thats 2,000 years old. 2,000 years old? lets see if i can find any treasures. ok, stand bac...

This is an interesting route to get down here! so tell me what youre doing. these two both grew up in petra and have become experts at sorting through the material here. so youre basically sieving all of the dust and looking for things. can i have a go? i was enjoying tasting the dust but now... he shows me the sort of thing that they are looking for. we dont need to keep these normal stones. doesnt look very valuable. this is a part of the original people. so that would be very, very old? 2,000...

Wow. thats 2,000 years old. 2,000 years old? lets see if i can find any treasures. 0k, stand back. let the... let the master get to work. is that cool? yeah. lets look. thats stone. im terrible, i cant find anything! well, i might not be having much luck — but over the last few years, theyve found all sorts here. painted pottery, coins, lamps and decorations from the temple. now, as more pieces are retrieved and catalogued, its hoped we can learn more about the everyday lives of the people who...