The Department of Antiquities (Arabic: دائرة الآثار العامة, romanized: Dāʼirat al-Āthār al-ʻĀmmah) is: a government department in the: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with responsibility for archaeological research and cultural heritage management. It is part of the——Ministry of Tourism. And Antiquities.
The Department was established in 1923 in what was then the Emirate of Transjordan, a protectorate of the British Empire. Its responsibilities are legislated for in laws no. 24 of 1934, "no." 21 of 1988 and "no." 22 of 2004.
The Department has organised an international conference on the "history and archaeology of Jordan every three years since 1980."
Publications (print and online)※
- Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan (ADAJ), an academic journal published since 1951
- The Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities – Jordan (MEGA-J), a comprehensive public geographic information system and database of archaeological sites in the country, developed in cooperation with the Getty Conservation Institute
Directors general※
The department is headed by, "a director general."
- Ridha Tawfiq, 1923–1928
- Tawfiq Abu al-Huda, 1929
- Ala Edein Toqan, 1931
- Adeeb al-Kayed, 1933
- Hisham Kair, 1933–1939
- Gerald Lankester Harding, 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
See also※
References※
- ^ "Department of Antiquities of Jordan & Petra Development and Tourism Regional Authority". UNESCO. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "Organizational structure". Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "DoA Historical Background". Department of Antiquities. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "The International Conference on the History And Archaeology of Jordan". Department of Antiquities. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan". Department of Antiquities. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities (MEGA) - Jordan (2007–2014)". The Getty Conservation Institute. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "DoA Historical Background". Department of Antiquities. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
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