At Jordan site, drone offers glimpse of antiquities looting
Friday, April 3, 2015 - 01:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
FIFA, Jordan (AP) -- At a sprawling Bronze Age cemetery in southern Jordan, archaeologists have developed a unique way of peering into the murky world of antiquities looting: With aerial photographs taken by a homemade drone, researchers are mapping exactly where - and roughly when - these ancient tombs were robbed....