Massive structure discovered in Petra using satellite imagery
Posted On: Jun 10th, 2016 at 17:16
Jordan
An absolutely remarkable discovery in Petra has unveiled a hitherto unknown and very large structure using satellite imagery.
It’s one of those cases of something hiding in plain sight of everyone, and it is situated less than half a mile from the well-known World Heritage structures at Petra.
The structure was most likely a “ceremonial platform”, whatever that means in this case. In other words, more guesswork on the part of the researchers. Always common names are given to unknown finds, just to give an answer and to make sure the archaeologists don’t look stupid. But an in-depth study of the structure is required to understand its purpose. Why can’t archaeologists just say, “We haven’t got a clue what it is yet”?
