14 November 2024 My name is Dima Nafez Amin Harb, and I am a cultural resources management and conservation graduate from the University of Jordan, the valedictorian of my major. Throughout my education, my professors would always recommend several organizations that could assist us with our study, and the American Center of Research was always […]
30 October 2024 We are pleased to announce the publication of another legacy project, Petra’s Temple of the Winged Lions. Supported by a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities, the nearly 800 pages of these two heavily illustrated volumes bring to light details from excavations undertaken in 1974 to 2005 by the American Expedition
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16 October 2024; updated 22 October 2024 This lecture has been postponed. The new date and remote links will be provided when available. Our 2024 Fall Lecture Series concludes! About the lecture: This talk draws together past and recent research on the Iron Age townscape of Busayra, widely believed to be the administrative capital of
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19 October 2024 “From August 1 to September 12, 2024, I had the fortunate opportunity to undertake an internship at the American Center of Research (ACOR) in Amman, Jordan. I worked with the National Cultural Heritage Property Database of The Kingdom of Jordan project, known informally as the National Inventory. While currently training to be a
17 October 2024 Our joint project with the Department of Antiquities, Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA), and Petra National Trust is appearing all over the news worldwide! (Please note that some links may require a subscription or login in order to access the story.) CNN: “Secret tomb found under ‘Indiana Jones’ filming location
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8 October 2024; updated 10 October 2024 Petra and ACOR are featured in the two-episode 13th season premier of the Discovery Channel’s series Expedition Unknown, hosted by Josh Gates! Share in new discoveries with us on October 9th and October 16th at 9 p.m. Eastern and Pacific on the Discovery Channel. Visit the Expedition Unknown
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24 September 2024; updated 29 September 2024 Our 2024 Fall Lecture Series continues! How Can Large Collections of Machine-Readable Data Support Arabic as a Second/Foreign Language in the Classroom? October 14, 2024, 6:00 p.m. Amman timeAmerican Center of Research, Amman, JordanDirections About the lecture: Arabic language instruction has traditionally focused on Modern Standard Arabic, but
19 September 2024 The next issue of our newsletter (35.2) is now available online! It will be arriving in mailboxes later this month. This issue features: Download your copy!
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8 September 2024 Zeidan Kafafi, professor emeritus of Yarmouk University, writes: “In the academic year 1967–1968 I enrolled as a student at the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Jordan. Unfortunately, in that same period the Arab-Israeli Six Days War began on June 5, 1967. As a result of the war, in
5 September 2024; updated 29 September 2024 Three lectures are currently on this season’s schedule. About the lecture: The relationship between Jordan and Oman goes back to the mid-1950s but is little known beyond a handful of specialists. This lecture explores the fascinating political and military history between these two polities over the course of
