Weblinks for Jordan

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Institutions

ACOR – American Center of Oriental Research (Amman)

GPIA – German Protestant Institute of Archaeology (Amman)

GPS – German Palestinian Society (Kiel)

HSNES – Hellenic Society for Near Eastern Studies (Athens)

IFPO – Institut Français du Proche-Orient (Amman)

NCAS – Nabataean Centre for Archaeological Studies (Wadi Musa, Petra)

PEF – Palestine Exploration Fund (London)

PNT – Petra National Trust (Amman)

SAS – Seminar for Arabian Studies (London)

Excavations in Jordan

Khirbet edh-Dharih
Mission Franco-Jordanienne

Tell Johfiyeh
Institut für Altorientalische Philologie und Vorderasiatische Altertumskunde (Münster, Germany)

Umm al-Jimal
Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA)

Excavations at Petra

Wadi al-Farasa
The International Wadi al-Farasa Project (Humboldt University)

Umm al-Biyara
The International Umm al-Biyara Project (Humboldt and Manchester University)

Ashlah complex
The International Aslah Project (Münster University and Antikenmuseum Basel)

Jebel al-Khubta
The International Khubta Tombs Project (Oxford University)

Ez Zantur
Swiss-Liechtenstein Excavations at ez-Zantur (Basel University)

Jebel Harûn
The Finnish Jabal Harûn Project (Heslinki University)

Temple of the Winged Lions
American Expedition to Petra (Utah University) [website seems to be down]

Great Temple
Petra Great Temple Excavations (Brown University)

Exhibitions

Die Kreuzzüge – Eine Spurensuche (May 6. – September 30, 2006)
Ritterhaus Bubikon, Bubikon

Petra: Lost City of Stone (October 29, 2005 – February 20, 2006)
Glenbow Museum, Calgary

Petra: Lost City of Stone (October 18, 2003 – July 6, 2004)
American Museum of Natural History, New York City

Petra – A City Forgotten and Rediscovered (Febuary 15 – May 26, 2002)
Amos Andersons Art Museum

Written in Stone: Inscriptions from the National Museum of Saudia Arabia (permanent exhibition)
Smithsonian National Museum, Washington D. C. (USA)

Conferences

The Second Conference on Nabataean Studies (2002, Petra, Jordan)

Picture databases

Iconicarchive
sites section – overview of all pictures with the keyword «Petra»

Iconicarchive
travels section – overview of all pictures with the keyword «Petra»