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Woo! this is an interesting route to get down here. so, tell me what you're 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, you're 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 they're looking for. like, normalstones, we don't need them. we don't need to keep them. yeah, that doesn't look very valuable, that one. no. so, this is part of a jar. and it's nabataean. ...

Woo! this is an interesting route to get down here. so, tell me what you're 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, you're 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 they're looking for. like, normal stones, we don't need them. j we don't need to keep them. yeah, that doesn't look very valuable, that one. no. so, this is part of a jar. and it's nabataea...

Yes. can i have a go? i was enjoying tasting the dust, but now... voice—over: iman shows me the sort of thing they're looking for. like, normal stones, we don't need them. j we don't need to keep them. yeah, that doesn't look very valuable, that one. no. so, this is part of a jar. and it's nabataean. so, that'd be the original people who lived here, the nabataeans? yes. so, that'd be very, very old? yeah. wow. that's 2,000 years old. 2,000 years old? let's see if i can find any treasures. ok, stand back. let the... let the master get to work. is that cool? yeah. let's look. that's stone. i'm...

This is an interesting route to get down here! so tell me what you're doing. these two both grew up in petra and have become experts at sorting through the material here. so you're 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 don't need to keep these normal stones. doesn't look very valuable. this is a part of the original people. so that would be very, very old? 2,000 years old! let's see if i can find any treasures. 0k, stand back. let the master get to work! i...

Wow. that's 2,000 years old. 2,000 years old? let's see if i can find any treasures. 0k, stand back. let the... let the master get to work. is that cool? yeah. let's look. that's stone. i'm terrible, i can't find anything! well, i might not be having much luck — but over the last few years, they've found all sorts here. painted pottery, coins, lamps and decorations from the temple. now, as more pieces are retrieved and catalogued, it's hoped we can learn more about the everyday lives of the people who built this incredible city more than 2,000 years ago. oh, wow, that brought back some lovel...