Jordan
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I wonder if we’ll hear more about this … from Ammon: The Department of Antiquities (DoA) has unearthed the remains of a Roman cemetery in Abdoun, it announced late on Monday. Ahmad Al Shami, Amman antiquities inspector, said 12 burial sites were discovered in addition to artefacts and human bones dating back to the Roman…
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Tip o’ the pileus to Lindsay Powell for directing us to this article in History Today, marking the bicentennial (August 22, 1812) of the ‘rediscovery’ of Petra by J.L. Burckhardt: The discovery of Petra (History Today) To add to the celebrations — and I’m not sure how long this one will stay on the web…
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