Secret desert camp discovered

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Secret desert camp used by First World War hero Lawrence of Arabia is discovered intact with rum jars and a campfire

UPDATED An academic stumbled upon a vague sketch map of the camp (centre) by an RAF pilot from 1918, and spent four years using Google Earth to trace its exact location. When they arrived at the camp in Jordan, archaeologists looked down and to their amazement found broken gin bottles (top left) and spent cartridges (bottom left). TE Lawrence (right and inset played by Peter O'Toole) stayed there to launch daring guerilla raids on Turkish troops in 1918. Project director Neil Faulkner said: 'It's the closest we can get to finding Tutankhamun's tomb.'