Conference sheds light on Jordan’s archaeological heritage 

Conference sheds light on Jordan’s archaeological heritage 

AMMAN — As a country deeply rooted in history, Jordan is home to some of the greatest monuments of human creativity and civilisation, noted archaeologist Mohammad Najjar during a two-day conference on archaeology and cultural heritage held at Al al-Bayt University in Mafraq earlier this month.

He added that thousands of natural and cultural sites and archaeological landscapes are registered in Jordan.

“Among the 15,000 sites and features already existing in the Archaeological Database, I want to single out 20 sites that have an outstanding universal value. Six of them are already listed as World Heritage Sites,” the archaeologist said.