Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old tomb containing the remains of 12 individuals at Petra in Jordan.

The Treasury in Petra, Jordan, is a famous tourist site and features in an Indiana Jones movie. Now archaeologists say they've found a remarkable 12 complete skeletons in a hidden tomb beneath it.

Jordanian archaeologists first discovered hidden tombs around the Treasury, now a popular tourist site, in 2003, according to Creasman. Though the archaeologists suspected that a tomb underneath the Treasury existed, they “ran out of time” to complete their exploration, Creasman said in an email.

It is not surprising that Josh Gates often gets described as being Indiana Jones-like because of his degree in archaeology from Tufts University and his hosting such television offerings as “Legendary Locations” and “Expedition Unknown.

Archaeologists found 12 human skeletons and an extensive array of grave offerings in a tomb hidden under the Treasury building in Jordan’s Petra.

Al-Khazneh, also called the Treasury, is one of the seven wonders of the world as well as an iconic filming location in the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The plot thickens after excavators at the archeological site,

Researchers have unearthed a secret tomb beneath Petra’s pink stone cliffs that could answer longstanding questions about the ancient Nabatean people. Surrounded by mountains, the historic Jordanian city gained notoriety when the Treasury—a mysterious hand-carved rock structure sometimes called Al Khazneh—was featured in Indiana Jones and the Last