21 September 2026
ACOR Newsletter 38.1 has just been published and is available for download. If you are expecting the print edition, it will arrive in your mailbox soon.
In this issue, you will learn about:
- A new Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation grant for a major project, Conservation of the Roman Imperial (2nd-Century A.D.) Western Theater in Umm Qais (Ancient Gadara).
- Progress by our excavation team at Kallirhoe, working on the “Preservation and Protection of the Holy Land at Herod’s Ain az-Zara Palace and Port to Mukawir” project, supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of State and the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.
- Further training to fight the illicit trafficking of cultural heritage, now including the Public Security Directorate of Jordan, thanks to funding from the U.S. Embassy in Amman.
- Recent progress on the National Cultural Heritage Property Database of The Kingdom of Jordan (the National Inventory) thanks to restoration of a grant from the U.S. Department of State.
- Tributes to Pierre M. Bikai and Sally de Vries.
- Our relationship with the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA), including the evacuation of CASA Fellows in March due to events in the region.
- A variety of field schools and workshops, including some in collaboration with Global Digital Heritage.
- Our board of trustees meeting in Amman.
- Plus updates on our library, lectures, staff… and more!
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