The human remains of 12 individuals have been discovered in a chamber in the well-known Petra in Jordan.

Who Were the Buried Bodies in the Petra Chamber? Both adults and children are part of the human remains — but researchers still don’t know whether they are men or women. The team dated the remains between 100 B.C. and 100 A.D., which was right around the time when the Nabatean Kingdom was at its peak. The fact that these people were buried in this chamber means they likely held some status in the kingdom.