Conservation of early Islamic bathhouse in Jordan under way
Published 25 Sep,2021 via The Jordan Times AMMAN — A team of archaeologists, restorers and students is currently working on the documentation and conservation of an early Islamic bath complex in Al Muwaqqar near Amman, noted a German professor of archaeology.
With the permission of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, the project is jointly directed by Professor Oliver Pilz, long-term lecturer of the German Academic Exchange Service at the University of Jordan’s School of Archaeology and Tourism, and Ruba Seisah, who is an assistant professor at the same university, organisers said.
“The project is fully funded by the Cultural Conservation Programme of the German Federal Foreign Office through the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Jordan,” Pilz said.
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