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.[1] It is part of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.[2]

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.[3]

The department has published an academic journal, the Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, since 1951,[4] and has organised an international conference on the history and archaeology of Jordan every three years since 1980.[5] It also maintains a comprehensive public geographic information system and database of archaeological sites in the country, developed in cooperation with the Getty Conservation Institute, the Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities – Jordan (MEGA-J).[6]

Publications

  • Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan (ADAJ)

Directors general

The department is headed by a director general.

  • Ridha Tawfiq, 1923–1928[7]
  • Tawfiq Abu al-Huda, 1929[7]
  • Ala Edein Toqan, 1931[7]
  • Adeeb al-Kayed, 1933[7]
  • Hisham Kair, 1933–1939[7]
  • Gerald Lankester Harding, 1939–1956. Harding's book "The Antiquities of Jordan" is still considered a reference to this day.[7]
  • Abd el–Kareem Gharaybeh, 1956[7]
  • Saeed al-Durrah, 1956–1959[7]
  • Awni al-Dajani, 1959–1968. Al-Dajani is the first Jordanian holder of a Ph.D. in Archaeology.[7]
  • Michael Jmaiaan, 1968[7]
  • Yaacoub Ouais, 1968–1971 and 1972–1977[7]
  • Mansour al-Bataineh, 1971–1972[7]
  • Adnan al-Hadidi 1977–1989[7]
  • Ghazi Bishah, 1989–1991 and 1994–1999[7]
  • Safwan al-Tall, 1991–1994[7]
  • Fawwaz al-Khraysheh, 1999–2010[7]
  • Ziad al-Saad, 2010–2011[7]
  • Faris al-Hmoud, 2011–2013[7]
  • Monther Jamhawi, 2013–2018[7]
  • Yazeed Alian, 2018-2021
  • Ahmed Shami, (acting) Feb 2021-July 2021
  • Hisham al-Abadi, since July 2021

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Department of Antiquities of Jordan & Petra Development and Tourism Regional Authority". UNESCO. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  2. ↑ "Organizational structure". Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  3. ↑ "DoA Historical Background". Department of Antiquities. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  4. ↑ "Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan". Department of Antiquities. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  5. ↑ "The International Conference on the History And Archaeology of Jordan". Department of Antiquities. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  6. ↑ "Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities (MEGA) - Jordan (2007–2014)". The Getty Conservation Institute. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "DoA Historical Background". Department of Antiquities. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-10.


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