Excavation at Wadi Hammeh 27 reveals Natufian burial practices, …
Nov 25, 2024 · AMMAN — According to Associate Professor Phillip Edwards from the La Trobe University, the major objective of the 2024 season in Jordan was to conserve and analyse human skeletal remains and artefacts from the large multiple burial, excavated in 2022 from the Natufian site, Wadi Hammeh 27, located in north-western Jordan.
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Jordan hosts South Korea in key World Cup qualification match
Oct 8, 2024 · AMMAN — The Jordanian national team, "The Nashama", is set to face South Korea as part of the Asian World Cup qualifiers, with the match to be played at the Amman International Stadium on Thursday.The Nashama enters the match after a decent performance in the qualifiers, where they gained points that put them on the top of the group, ahead of South Korea and Iraq on goal difference. Coach ...
Jordan kicks off 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Nov 15, 2023 · AMMAN — Jordan’s national football team is set to meet Tajikistan on Thursday as it starts qualifiers for the 23rd World Cup 2026 which also serve as qualifiers for the 2027 Asian Cup,The squad plays its first Group G qualifier in the Tajik capital Dushanbe at at 4:00 pm Jordan local time before facing Saudi Arabia on November 21 in Amman, and Pakistan later on. 36 Asian teams will be ...
COP29 priorities | Jordan Times
Oct 23, 2024 · As COP29 approaches, the world is facing multiple crises including the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the expanding Gaza war. Despite these challenges, the focus remains on addressing climate change as the top priority. However, there is uncertainty about whether COP29 will stay on track or if there will be diversions from its primary objectives.
Canaanite Commerce: unravelling ancient networks | Jordan Times
Oct 21, 2024 · AMMAN — Scholars have speculated that in the Late Bronze Age, a trade route existed between Wadi Zarqa, Deir Alla and the Amman plain, extending to the Canaanite territories and Egypt.This trade route could have been maintained by the local population of the area, mainly Canaanites, even though it was an extension of Egyptian trade routes west and …
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2 days ago · DAMASCUS — Syria's new leaders announced Tuesday that they had reached an agreement with the country's rebel groups on their dissolution and integration under the defence ministry.Absent from the meeting were representatives of the US-backed, Kurdish-led forces that control swathes of Syria's northeast.The meeting between the rebel groups and Syria ...
Cabinet warns of disasters amid escalating Israeli aggression
Oct 8, 2024 · AMMAN — The Cabinet on Tuesday, during a session chaired by Prime Minister Jafar Hassan, discussed regional developments and Jordan's efforts, under His Majesty King Abdullah's leadership, to de-escalate tensions and support the Palestinians and the Lebanese people.The Cabinet listened to a briefing presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi regarding the serious ...
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Jordan, UAE sign agreements for $2.3b railway project connecting …
Sep 4, 2024 · AMMAN — Jordan and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday signed four agreements to initiate a $2.3 billion railway project that will connect the Port of Aqaba to the mining sites of Shidiyah and Ghor Al Safi. The project – signed between Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE National Railway Network, and the Ministry of Transport – is part of a broader investment