At Jordan site, drone offers glimpse of antiquities looting
Friday, April 3, 2015 - 03:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
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.