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In Jordan, a ‘stunning’ discovery under Petra’s ancient stone

(www.nytimes.com)
129 points aguaviva | 2 comments | 14 Oct 24 18:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.536s | source
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tiffanyh ◴[16 Oct 24 14:00 UTC] No.41859121[source]▶
It's hard not to wonder if this was staged for the tv show "Expedition Unknown", which had an exclusive to film a show at Petra that Discovery Channel has been advertising for months now.
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1. jazzyjackson ◴[16 Oct 24 14:49 UTC] No.41859708[source]▶
I'm not in the know but is it that terrible for an excavation to be funded by a TV show ? (Provided they don't fabricate anything)
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2. tiffanyh ◴[16 Oct 24 14:53 UTC] No.41859770[source]▶
Given that 99% of excavations don't turn up anything of significance, were these artifacts already known to have existed and were just "discovered" on the show as the reveal?

I'm truly not trying to create conspiracy theories, it's just the coincidence of this being found on a tv show seems unbelievable lucky.