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By the time Dr. Richard Bates swept his radar device over the sandstone of Petra’s ancient Treasury building, it had been more than two decades since anyone had so deeply probed the stone city’s grounds. For nearly as long, archaeologists had been stymied by a maddeningly stubborn mystery. In 2003, …

The Athens Democracy Forum last week featured an array of speakers from countries worldwide: politicians, leaders of nonprofits, youths dedicated to promoting democracy. Michael P. Nash was the only filmmaker to speak. Mr. Nash, who resides in Nashville and Los Angeles, is behind more than a dozen documentaries and psychological …