A government committee in Jordan is facing a difficult question. How can it save the country’s ancient past while planning for its future? The committee, set up two weeks ago, is considering the issue after the discovery of ancient Roman baths. The ruins were found during a dig for a building project, an underground canal that will help control flood water that comes into Amman, Jordan’s capital. The ruins have the remains of furnaces, a sign of a complex heating system. Experts believe that the discovery is the first of its kind among the remains of the ancient city of Philadelphia on which Amman now stands. Yazid Elayan is head of Jordan’s Department of Antiquities. “We will balance the needs of the city - to protect it from flooding - to preserving antiquities under the streets,” he said. “Amman was one of the biggest Roman cities and it has one of the largest baths. Wherever one excavates in Amman, antiquities can be found,” he told Reuters.