21 September 2025 “Prior to this field school, my only archaeological experience and exposure came from classes I had taken at the University of Alberta, volunteer work I had done with one of my professors, and travels I had taken with my family. Never once had I stepped foot on a site intending to contribute […]
20 September 2025 The next issue of our newsletter (37.1) is now available online! It will be arriving in mailboxes soon. This issue features: Download your copy!
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16 September 2025 About the Lecture The lecture is a summary of the archaeological evidence that H.E. Dr. Fawzi Abudanah has collected from the hinterland of Petra since 2003. The fieldwork projects, which he directed or co-directed, revealed important information regarding urban and economic activities. The volume and distribution of the latter are very significant
22 August 2025 “I had the privilege of staying at the American Center of Research during the months of May, June, and July of 2025 and conducting research on depictions of Midian/Madyan in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur’an. Historically, Midian/Madyan is believed to have been located in the northwestern Arabian Peninsula, with its northernmost
13 August 2025 Advances in Archaeological Practice 13.1 has just been published, and ACOR is pleased to announce that the cover features one of our photographs. Congratulations to those who worked on this new issue, which we think will be of interest to members of our readership who follow anti-illicit trafficking of antiquities efforts in Jordan. The
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5 August 2025 (updated 6 August 2025) It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Patricia Maynor Bikai on August 5, 2025. Having earned a PhD in biblical studies from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, she undertook archaeological fieldwork that stretched from Lebanon, where she worked in the 1970s,
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2 July 2022 We are pleased to share news of funding opportunities from the Getty Research Institute. Please note that these grants and fellowships are resident at the Getty in Los Angeles, California, and are not affiliated with the American Center of Research. Call for Applications The Getty Research Institute is pleased to announce that
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23 June 2025 The American Center of Research seeks an operations and administration assistant. This full-time position requires residence in Amman, Jordan, and is primarily intended to assist the organization in facilitating operations and administrative work. The right candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a diploma or bachelor’s degree in a relevant field,
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18 June 2025 When it comes to understanding religion in Iron Age Jordan (ca. 1200–550 BCE), terracotta figurines offer one of our most abundant and expressive forms of archaeological evidence. These three-dimensional artistic objects fit readily into one hand (typically 10–15 cm), apparently crafted for personal use. At the same time, they appear across a
30 May 2025 About the Lecture The royal pyramid necropolis at Abusir Center is one of the most significant archaeological sites in the region of ancient Egypt’s capital, Memphis, which was founded around 3100 BC at the dawn of the unified Egyptian state. The necropolis flourished during the Fifth Dynasty (c. 2435–2306 BC), when the