so, the nabatea ns survived and accessible to tourists.urvived and thrived, why? nabateans survived and thrived, why? nabatea ns means in nabateans survived and thrived, why? nabateans means in arabic, which means they were discovering the water. they had a very smart way to discover the water. one of those ways, you can see how they carved from the top of that mountain so when it's raining, the water gets down to that row stop through these channels, and to that? yes. so it literally cascades into there? archaeologists have so far found 150 wells like this in this area. well, it is quite big. but really, it is the terms that have the well factor. very cool down here. this inscription says this tomb belonged to the leader and his wife. in contrast to jordan's petra, to the leader and his wife. in contrast tojordan's petra, the wonder of these terms lies in the information that researchers have gathered from the text on these stone inscriptions. the occupations, they had a teacher, they had a doctor, that gives a real example of our civilis

the remnants of ancient civilisations here aren't just restricted to the nabatea ns.s back thousands of years. after years of not being open to research and mapping, everything has changed. light aircraft and drones equipped with specialist cameras are capturing detailed imagery of archaeological figures. jamie and his team have discovered 17,000 sites in just two years. some of the sites are incredibly significant, the types of monuments which we're just not finding anywhere else on the planet. in britain for example, if we find a bit of dry stone wall, extending a metre and a half, i would assume 19th—century. so no more than 100 years old, we're finding walling the same height without collapse that has been there for at least 5000 years. for the longest time the area had been largely closed off to archaeologists due to politics, religion and its remoteness. to go into an archaeological world that's never really been examined or touched before, to me isjust a remarkable opportunity. and ifeel genuinely excited every time i walk out onto the site. is there a buzz whe