ACOR Jordan

ACOR promotes research & publication across disciplines, w/ a special emphasis on archaeology in Jordan. Learn more at

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The Department of Antiquities (DoA) has officially handed over the Roman Western Theater in Umm Qais to the American Center of Research (ACOR) for an 18-month conservation project, funded by the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP)!

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ANNOUNCING THE AMERICAN CENTER OF RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS, 2027–2028 for undergraduates, graduate students, and postgraduate researchers. DEADLINE: 15 February 2027. Details: https://t.co/eoW7J8n485

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Reminder: Join us for the THOMAS W. DAVIS ANNUAL LECTURE: 26 Oct 2026: "The First Agricultural Communities in the Levant" by Prof. Dr. Ali Sharif Amrir, vice president for scientific research and postgraduate studies at Al Furat University, Syria. https://t.co/p9T6p4Yr6E

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Join us for the THOMAS W. DAVIS ANNUAL LECTURE: 26 October 2026: "The First Agricultural Communities in the Levant" by Prof. Dr. Ali Sharif Amrir, vice president for scientific research and postgraduate studies at Al Furat University, Syria. https://t.co/p9T6p4Yr6E

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Discover intriguing insights about the ancient biblical world during the 18th Annual Archaeology Discovery Weekend, Saturday – Sunday, Nov. 14 – 15. Themed “People & Places of the New Testament World,” this two-day event will offer lectures by world-renowned scholars, exhibits and hands-on activities that will focus on archaeological and historical figures, sites and artifacts. Topics to include the Shroud of Turn, the Pool of Bethesda, the House of Caiaphas, and historical biographies of characters such as Herod, Mary, James and Paul.

Information: https://t.co/CI1ajLAwKW

Admission: FREE Meanwhile, learn about the adventures of La Sierra’s archaeologists in the field this summer in Jordan, where they returned to excavate at the Balu’a Regional Archaeological Project. Read the BRAP Beat newsletters detailing the intriguing discoveries and daily work of archaeologists and volunteers from La Sierra University and other institutions in the U.S., Canada and Germany:
BRAP Beat: https://t.co/35rAXH4fpJ

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By measuring energy stored in grains of sand we can learn when sediments (and things in the sediments) were last laid down. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) is helping us understand Ain az-Zara (Kallirhoe), work made possible with a grant from AFCP.

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New Insights essay: "Pierre Bikai: An Appreciation" by Randolph B. Old: "The world recently lost Dr. Pierre Bikai, meaning that the American Center of Research (ACOR) lost one of its exceptional former directors."
More: https://t.co/2YBsJ261L8

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Happy International Translation Day! Jordan is rich in languages, accents, and cultures. That includes the languages inscribed in ancient Thamudic and Arabic scripts in Khazali Canyon, Wadi Rum, Jordan. Ancient or modern, our languages tell our stories.

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Heavy equipment is coming to work for the Conservation of the Roman Imperial (2nd-Century A.D.) Western Theater in Umm Qais (Ancient Gadara) project, thanks to Jordan’s Department of Antiquities and an AFCP grant!

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Happy World Tourism Day! We have long supported tourism in Jordan: presenting sites to visitors and developing hands-on initiatives that enhance the tourism experience. What might the future hold? Check out: https://t.co/BQA3JwzxEy

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ACOR Newsletter 38.1 published! News includes State Department-funded work at Umm Qais & Ain az-Zara/Kallirhoe & on the National Cultural Heritage Property Database of The Kingdom of Jordan & fighting trafficking of antiquities. https://t.co/tCNQ4epxBJ

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In August ACOR and Jordan Customs held the National Identity between Narrative and the Preservation of Cultural Property workshop in Amman. (Part of our US Embassy-funded grant. Photo courtesy Jordan Customs.)

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We have published a new essay: "A Psalm in Stone: A Season Among Madaba’s Mosaics" by Kristen Flake: "The Church of Sts. Lot and Procopius sits on the acropolis of ancient Khirbet al-Mukhayyat, overlooking the Dead Sea." More: https://t.co/Br6bKFoXtZ

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Please join us 8 September 2026, 6 PM Amman/11 AM EDT at ACOR & Zoom/YouTube livestream for a lecture: Dr. Lama Khaled Maabreh, "New Technologies for the Presentation of Cultural Heritage Environments in Education.” Details: https://t.co/p9T6p4Yr6E

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New article about the AFCP-funded Cultural Preservation: Preservation and Protection of the Holy Land at Herod’s Ain az-Zara Palace and Port to Mukawir project in Archaeology in Jordan 5: https://t.co/LHBU4dl09A

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Reminder: Our next lecture, 8 September 2026, 6 PM Amman/11 AM EDT at ACOR & Zoom/YouTube livestream: Dr. Lama Khaled Maabreh, "New Technologies for the Presentation of Cultural Heritage Environments in Education.” Details: https://t.co/p9T6p4YYWc

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Archaeology in Jordan 5 (covering 2024–2025), the latest volume of our biennial open-access journal, is available! https://t.co/fnFcAg738o

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We have completed our first archaeological field season at Kallirrhoe/‘Ain az-Zara, one of the most significant archaeological sites on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea, thanks to an AFCP grant. (Photo: Looking SW across the port area.)

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Our next lecture, 8 September 2026, 6 PM Amman/11 AM EDT at ACOR & Zoom/YouTube livestream: Dr. Lama Khaled Maabreh, "New Technologies for the Presentation of Cultural Heritage Environments in Education.” Details: https://t.co/p9T6p4YYWc

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ACOR’s work at Umm Qais’s Roman Western Theater has continued with the support of a U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant and the Department of Antiquities