The elderly Bedouin has decided that honesty is the best policy.
‘These I dug up here in Petra with my own hands,’ he says, pointing to a cardboard tray while holding up a well-used trowel. Then he indicates a second tray. ‘These are made in China.’
At first glance there is little to differentiate the two. Both contain weathered, sand-blown pottery lamps and statuettes.
