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Department of Antiquities

Exploration Works

Exploration Works

Many excavations are carried out in the territory of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan by many local and international academic institutions as well as projects of the Department of Antiquities which aim to preserve the Jordanian cultural heritage.Here are some of the current excavations for 2019:


# Project supervisor Prospecting place
1 Ali Manaseer The northeastern desert
2 Stephen Burke Stallion layer
3 Stephen Collins Al-Hammam hill
4 Jürgen Richter Wadi Sabra - Petra
5 Golanta Mlinarzik Sarah formless
6 Catherine Smit Tel Zara - Umm Qais
7 Atef Alshyab Kays's mother
8 Pyotr Koldevich Tafila
9 Bernd Muller-Nehoف Twig twisting
10 Brigitte Kingzer Analysis of colored facades in Petra
11 Bill Finlayson
Cheryl McCaresky
Spark - Wadi Alhasa
12 Hans Gable Baadja - Wadi Musa
13 Gozo Furus Streptococcus
14 Stephen Smith Free western
15 Laurent Thulpak Malignancy - Petra