Pilot Signage Installed
This morning the first six interpretive signs of the Umm el-Jimal Project’s walking tour were installed on site. Covering the House XVII-XVIII Complex, all of the signs are dual Arabic […]
UJ14 Field Season Report
Phase II of the Umm el-Jimal Project’s 2014 AFCP preservation field work capitalized on the Phase I clearing of the House XVII-XVIII Complex courtyards, with excavation ten small trenches to […]
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AFCP II Spring Progress Report
Having received a renewal grant for 2014 from the U.S. State Department’s Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, Phase I work this spring has focused on further conservation and presentation of […]
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Virtual Tour Launch
We’re pleased to launch our new interactive virtual tour of Umm el-Jimal! Completed as part of our Virtual Museum and Educational Curriculum grant project from the Archaeological Institute of America, […]
US Ambassador Stuart Jones Visits Again
Ambassador Stuart Jones’ visits to Umm el-Jimal have served as bookends for the Umm el-Jimal House XVII-XVIII preservation field work. On April 29, 2012, the ambassador and his entourage came […]
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Winter at Umm el-Jimal
For many decades, winters in the Badia meant lower temperatures and an occasional night near freezing. Lack of rainfall in winter often meant adding a second season of drought on […]
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Double Window Preservation: The Solution
The problem of the preservation of the Double Window was described in the previous post. This post, the “Solution,” briefly describes the strategy we developed and tells the story of […]
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Double Window Preservation: The Problem
House XVIII’s double window has served as the logo for the Umm el-Jimal Project because it’s the most iconic visible remain in a site full of functional domestic architecture. The […]
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Education Manual Complete
We are excited to announce the completion of the Umm el-Jimal Education Manual. Created to teach Jordanian and international students about Umm el-Jimal, the manual is designed in two sections […]
The Hole in the Roof
Several rooms in the House XVII were restored and reused by the Druze and Masa’eid Arabs early in the 20th century. A central goal of AFCP Preservation and Presentation Project […]
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US Ambassador Visits Umm el-Jimal
On Thursday morning, April 19, US Ambassador Stuart Jones and his entourage visited Umm el-Jimal to celebrate the official opening of the House XVII-XVIII Preservation Project, for which the main […]
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A Field Day for Western Easter
The first phase of the field work is the creation of access routes in and around House XVII and XVIII. For the first week, while waiting for the government to […]
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Progress Report: AFCP House XVII-XVIII Preservation
Kicked off as a January-2012 Calvin College field school and funded by the US Department of State’s Ambassador Fund for Cultural Preservation, the project to preserve House XVII-XVIII continues as […]
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