Excavating the Royal Capital of Ammon: A New Research Project on the Amman Citadel
The Amman Citadel with its prominent ruins is the most striking landmark in the city centre. Since 2024, the Amman Archaeological Project has been investigating the site’s forma
A Week in the Life of the Mousterian Hunter
Human sacrifice was never very common, but it occurred around the world. And as with many things, what mattered what who was doing the sacrificing.
From the Southern Jordan Valley Plains to the Transjordanian Plateau: Current Archaeological Fieldwork in the Wadi Shuʿaib, Jordan
Some eighteen kilometers long and with a vertical rise of a kilometer, the Wadi Shuʿaib connects the Jordan Valley with the Amman area. A recent survey project has revealed sites
New Discoveries at Sela, the Mountain Stronghold of Edom
High atop a rocky plateau in southern Jordan is an Iron Age site whose survival depended on water management. It seems an unlikely location, but the Babylonian king Nabonidus had n