Al Khazneh in Petra: the tomb has been discovered in the “courtyard” area in the foreground. Source: Adeeb Atwan / CC BY 3.0.

Intact Tomb Found in Petra is Straight Out of Indiana Jones

The third Indiana Jones movie is arguably the best, and its climactic set piece features a wonder of the world. Known as the Khaznah el-Far’oun, or “treasury of the pharaoh” this rose red edifice carved into the rockface dates back to the 1st century AD. It has been known for some time that something lies