ACOR Receives AFCP Grant for Work in Umm Qais

Seating of the Western Theater and statue of the goddess Tyche, patron of the city, c. 1980–1990. Photo from the Rami Khouri collection. — *Seating of the Western Theater and statue of the goddess Tyche, patron of the city, c. 1980–1990. (Photo from the Rami Khouri collection.)*

8 May 2026

ACOR is honored to receive a U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant for “Conservation of the Roman Imperial (2nd-Century A.D.) Western Theater in Umm Qais (Ancient Gadara).” Over the next two years, this U.S. Department of State funding will preserve and rebuild an historic site and strengthen tourism in northern Jordan.