Excavators at Herodium have reiterated their claim that have found king Herod’s sarcophagus
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Review: The Empire and the Kingdom
Publications with numerous glossy photographs showing the wonders and beauty of the world in which we live are, these days, ten a penny. However, for those interested in something visually compelling, but with a difference, then this title is highly recommended. The photographs reproduced in this book are, as the authors point out, entirely non-commercial […]
Great Arab Revolt Project
The Great Arab Revolt Project, the CWA-backed excavation, is in its second season. Here the team tells of the latest results
Hidden Jordan
The Council for British Research in the Levant is sponsoring a Ritual Landscapes Project in search of copper age burials
Lawrence of Arabia’s War
The archaeology of Lawrence of Arabia’s war: Neil Faulkner reports on the team’s first seasons’ work at Wadi Rutm in Southern Jordan
First Stage of Great Arab Revolt Project
David Thorpe reports on the first stages of fieldwork to uncover evidence of Lawrence of Arabia
Jordan, Neolithic Figs
Ancient figs found in Jordan may prove to be some the earliest evidence of agriculture in the world
Jordan: Death and Destruction at Jacob’s Ford
Evidence of death and destruction at the uncompleted Crusaders’ fort in Jordan, Jacob’s Ford
Jordan
The archaeology of Lawrence of Arabia
Beyond The River
To the east of the small town of Madaba in Jordan – famed for its 6th century AD Mosaic Map, the earliest known map of the Levant – is the Persian Palace of Qasr el-Mushatta. So impressive were these Persian ruins that Layard, writing in 1840, described them as ‘a marvellous example of the sumptuousness […]
Just Desserts for Lawrence?
To mark the 70th anniversary of his death the Imperial War Museum is hosting a new exhibition on his life
Wadi Faynan, Copper Mine
Revealed: the evidence for ancient copper mining at Wadi Faynan in Jordan, sinisterly called ‘most polluted place on earth’
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