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Oct 27 Blog

Solving the Enigma of Petra and the Nabataeans

Who were the Nabataeans, the industrious Arab people who built the city of Petra and its towering rock-cut monuments over 2,000 years ago?

Oct 26 Blog

Site-Seeing: Petra’s Temple of the Winged Lions

By: Glenn J. Corbett

A new program led by the American Center of Oriental Research is, for the first time, allowing visitors to go beyond Petra’s monuments to actually discover and experience its past and present.

Dec 13 Blog

ACOR’s Photo Archive

By: Megan Sauter

The American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR), centered in Amman, Jordan, is digitizing their vast collection of archaeological and cultural heritage photographs and making these images accessible to the public.

Jun 14 Blog

New Petra Monument Spotted Through Satellites

By: Robin Ngo

Archaeologists Sarah Parcak and Christopher A. Tuttle discovered a previously unknown Petra monument using Google Earth, satellite imagery, ground survey and drones.

Mar 28 Blog

Casting New Light on Petra

By: Robin Ngo

The famous rock-cut monuments of Petra in Jordan may have been constructed with the movements of the sun in mind, according to a recent study.

Dec 12 Blog

Scholarship Winners Speak Up

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

In 2013, BAS awarded more than 20 scholarships. Read anecdotes and view photographs submitted by our 2013 scholarship recipients below.

Mar 4 Blog

Cyber-Archaeology at Petra

By: Noah Wiener

A recent two-day Cyber-Archaeology expedition at Petra provided new insights on structural conservation and the next generation of public archaeology data presentation.

Jan 3 Blog

Re-dating Nabatean Farming at Petra

By: Noah Wiener

Researchers examining dam construction and terrace farming techniques at Petra suggest that the Nabateans began employing these techniques around the first century, rather than the earlier Iron Age chronology hypothesized by previous scholars.

Oct 31 Blog

Exposing Petra’s North Ridge

By: Noah Wiener

This summer, NC State and East Carolina University began a new excavation on Petra’s North Ridge, exposing evidence from shaft tombs, domestic structures and new evidence of the city wall. Much of Petra’s early archaeology focused on the monumental remains, and this new project aims to balance our image of Petra by investigating the lives of Petra’s non-elite citizens.

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