The Distinguished Career of ACOR Chef Mohammed Adawi
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“Excavations of the Royal Palace of Machaerus” by Dr. Győző Vörös
Excavations at the Fortified Royal Palace of Machaerus Overlooking the Dead Sea Dr. Győző Vörös Hungarian Academy of Arts Wednesday 16 December 2015 at 6:00 p.m. Reception to Follow About the Lecture Dr. Vörös will provide an illustrated lecture outlining the work of the Hungarian Machaerus Research Project as well as background about previous excavation
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Kathleen Bennallack
Kathleen Bennallack, 2015–2016 CAORC Pre-Doctoral Fellow Kathleen Bennalack (center) excavating in the Feynan region in 2011. Photo courtesy of K. Bennallack. Kathleen Bennallack is a ACOR–CAORC Pre-Doctoral fellow at ACOR in the 2015-2016 academic year. Her research focuses on the Late Neolithic Era in the Southern Levant (6400-5000 BCE). These were early human societies engaged
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Ali Hamdan
Ali Hamdan, 2015–2016 CAORC Pre-Doctoral Fellow Ali Hamdan is an ACOR-CAORC pre-doctorate Fellow conducting research in Jordan in the fall of 2015 until January 2016. He is completing his PhD. in the Department of Geography at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Before coming to Jordan, Ali lived and conducted research in Beirut,
Temple of the Winged Lions awarded renewal grant from Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
On 13 September 2015, U.S. Ambassador to Jordan Alice G. Wells launched a grant awarded under the Department of State’s Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) to expand conservation of the Temple of the Winged Lions. The grant, totaling $200,000, was awarded to the American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) in partnership with the Jordanian Department
