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General interest about ACOR facility in Amman

Research in Focus: Rewriting the History of the Great Arab Revolt

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Australian Military Historian Neil Dearberg in the ACOR Library in 2015. Photo S. Harpending A captain in the Australian army at the beginning of his career, Neil Dearberg has had a long interest in Australia’s military history, particularly the role ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) forces played in supporting the Sinai and Palestine campaigns [...]

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ACOR Conservation Technician Naif Zaban and the ACOR Conservation Cooperative

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Naif Zaban at the Jordan Museum during the installation of the fall 2010 special exhibit "The Umayyad Mosaics of the Dome of the Rock: A Closer Look," which included reproductions of an arcade spandrel created by the Mosaic Centre in Jericho. Photo by Barbara A. Porter. This story is adapted from the original article that

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Firas Bqa’in: Archaeologist, Academic, and ACOR Administrator

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Firas Bqa'in studies a Kufic inscription from an Umayyad era mosque in Wadi Ramm Phone ACOR on a given workday, sometimes even long after the office has officially closed, and the call will likely be picked up by a cheerful man who helps visiting fellows and scholars arrange airport taxis, book rooms, and extend their

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