Welcome to Insights! Formerly our long-running quarterly e-update, since 2020, Insights has been our blog, hosting essays by fellows, interns, staff, and others.
Umm Al-Biyara: Petra’s Not-So-Hidden Jewel
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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,…
An Archaeological Tour of Madaba
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…
Madaba – A Short History of a Vibrant Jordanian City
ACOR Insights: September 2015
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”27812″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] ACOR Insights: September 2015 [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”27820″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”30556″ img_size=”600×398″ alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://www.acorjordan.org/2015/09/01/site-stewards-workshop-august-2015-schep/#more-353″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1477218158847{margin-right: 231px !important;margin-left: 231px !important;}”] Jordan’s Cultural Caretakers — SCHEP Launches “Site Steward” Program In July 2015, ACOR hosted a workshop as part of SCHEP’s new “site steward” program, which empowers local community members to care for and preserve…
Jordan’s Cultural Caretakers — SCHEP Launches “Site Steward” Program
Georgetown Students Study Arabic in Jordan
The Petra Papyri—An Archive from Petra’s Byzantine Past
Jordan and the Administrative Legacy of the Umayyads
ACOR Conservation Technician Naif Zaban and the ACOR Conservation Cooperative
Faces of Jordan’s Archaeology – Zakariya Na’imat
Craig Harvey, 2015–2016 Bikai Fellowship & Harrell Family Fellowship
Craig Harvey is conducting research in Jordan in the summer of 2015 on ceramic building materials from a Roman fort at Humayma and from a Roman bath house at ‘Ayn Gharandal. Craig has always been interested in bath houses, heating systems, and construction materials. He is also pursuing a side project to examine the remains…
Tareq Ramadan
Tareq Ramadan, 2014–2015 CAORC Pre-Doctoral Fellow Tareq Ramadan is researching Umayyad-era coins, seals, weights, documents and other inscribed objects in Jordan. He is interested in reconstructing the political and economic environment of the Umayyad culture in Jordan in the 7th and 8th centuries CE. Tareq is a CAORC Pre-Doctorate Fellow in the 2014-2015 cycle. A…
A Day in the Life of the TWLCRM Initiative
