The Department of Antiquities is a

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in the

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; Romanization of Arabic, tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; Romanization of Arabic, tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levan ...

with responsibility for archaeological research and

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. It is part of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The department was established in 1923 in what was then the

Emirate of Transjordan The Emirate of Transjordan ( ar, إمارة شرق الأردن, Imārat Sharq al-Urdun, Emirate of East Jordan), officially known as the Amirate of Trans-Jordan, was a British protectorate established on 11 April 1921,

, a

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of the

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. Its responsibilities are legislated for in laws no. 24 of 1934, no. 21 of 1988 and no. 22 of 2004. The department has published an

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and d ...

, the ''Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan'', since 1951, and has organised an international conference on the history and archaeology of Jordan every three years since 1980. It also maintains a comprehensive public

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and

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s in the country, developed in cooperation with the

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, the Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities – Jordan (MEGA-J).

Publications

*Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan (ADAJ)

Directors general

The department is headed by a director general. * Ridha Tawfiq, 1923–1928 *

Tawfiq Abu al-Huda Tawfik Abu al-Huda ( ar, توفيق ابو الهدى) (also known as Tawfik Pasha Abul-Huda) (1894 – 1 July 1956) served several terms as the 7th Prime Minister of Jordan. First he served as Prime minister of Transjordan from September 28, 19 ...

, 1929 * Ala Edein Toqan, 1931 * Adeeb al-Kayed, 1933 * Hisham Kair, 1933–1939 *

Gerald Lankester Harding Gerald Lankester Harding (8 December 1901 – 11 February 1979) was a British archaeologist who was the director of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan from 1936 to 1956. His tenure spanned the period in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were disco ...

, 1939–1956. Harding's book "The Antiquities of Jordan" is still considered a reference to this day. * Abd el–Kareem Gharaybeh, 1956 * Saeed al-Durrah, 1956–1959 * Awni al-Dajani, 1959–1968. Al-Dajani is the first Jordanian holder of a Ph.D. in Archaeology. * Michael Jmaiaan, 1968 * Yaacoub Ouais, 1968–1971 and 1972–1977 * Mansour al-Bataineh, 1971–1972 * Adnan al-Hadidi 1977–1989 * Ghazi Bishah, 1989–1991 and 1994–1999 * Safwan al-Tall, 1991–1994 * Fawwaz al-Khraysheh, 1999–2010 * Ziad al-Saad, 2010–2011 * Faris al-Hmoud, 2011–2013 * Monther Jamhawi, 2013–2018 * Yazeed Alian, 2018-2021 * Ahmed Shami, (acting) Feb 2021-July 2021 * Hisham al-Abadi, since July 2021

References

External links

Official website (English)

Official website (Arabic)

MEGA-J
Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (Jordan) Jordan, Antiquities, Department of Archaeology of Jordan Government agencies established in 1923 {{NEast-archaeology-stub

Publications

Directors general

See also

References

External links