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    Latest Publication is Out
    Admin
    • Jun 6
    • 1 min

    Latest Publication is Out

    The project team have co-authored a new peer reviewed journal article looking at the creation of a Living Museum for tangible and...
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    Could arts and crafts help save the ancient marvel of Umm Qais?
    Admin
    • Jun 6
    • 1 min

    Could arts and crafts help save the ancient marvel of Umm Qais?

    An international team of researchers are connecting Jordan’s creative industries to a new generation of artists, with the aim of...
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    New AHRC Project to apply Creative Economies through Youth- led Arts and Craft in Jordan (CEARC)
    Admin
    • Jun 6
    • 1 min

    New AHRC Project to apply Creative Economies through Youth- led Arts and Craft in Jordan (CEARC)

    The University of Leeds is leading an international collaboration to demonstrate the value of heritage-inspired creative arts and crafts...
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    We are named 'The Best Heritage Project'
    Admin
    • Sep 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    We are named 'The Best Heritage Project'

    We are delighted that Umm Qais community are very engaging and impressed with the outcomes the project produced so far. See a testimony...
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    New Publication is Out
    Admin
    • Sep 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    New Publication is Out

    The project team have co-authored a new peer reviewed journal article looking at recording and documenting the tangible and intangible...
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    Byzantine centralised Octagonal Church
    Admin
    • Sep 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    Byzantine centralised Octagonal Church

    Navigate our new 3D Laser scanned model of the Byzantine centralised Octagonal Church at Umm Qais. https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/umm-qa...
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    Newton-Khalidi Fund Science Talks
    Admin
    • Sep 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    Newton-Khalidi Fund Science Talks

    Dr Gehan Selim's talk on 'YOUTH ENGAGEMENT' in cultural heritage projects funded by the Newton Khalidi Fund to reflect on our youth-led...
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    Happy #WorldTheatreDay2021.
    Admin
    • Sep 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    Happy #WorldTheatreDay2021.

    The West Theatre of Gadara #UmmQais #Jordan, built in the 2nd Century using locally quarried grey basalt into the western slope acropolis...
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    3D model of the Roman Nymphaeum
    Admin
    • Sep 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    3D model of the Roman Nymphaeum

    This week’s highlight is a new 3D model of the Roman Nymphaeum. To explore the model: https://skfb.ly/6YDZK
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    New 3D Cloud Point Data
    Admin
    • Sep 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    New 3D Cloud Point Data

    Crunching through the 3D cloud point data from our local Laser scanners this week. 2400 years of history at Umm Qais in this screengrab...
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    New 3D Data
    Admin
    • Sep 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    New 3D Data

    Really getting inside our 3D data! This week we have been working the computers hard combining the Laser Scan and photogrammetry 3D data...
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    Admin
    • Jun 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    Culture in Crisis

    The project is now available via the Culture in Crisis platform: a resource developed by the Victoria and Albert Museum and it’s ongoing...
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    Our Team
    Admin
    • Nov 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    Our Team

    Our team of volunteer, local & international heritage professionals working together today. Arts and Humanities Research Council -AHRC
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    Project Update
    Admin
    • Aug 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    Project Update

    Welcome to our new Research Fellow, Dr Andy Holland (@andyHolland9) to the Living Museum of #UmmQais project team developing new...
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    Event: Launch Meeting for Living Museum of Umm Qais
    Admin
    • May 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    Event: Launch Meeting for Living Museum of Umm Qais

    Sustainable preservation, analysis and virtual reconstruction of Gadara's ancient site and village. 14 - 16th March 2019 Jordan...
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    This project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council Fund (Project Reference: AH/S011609/1) under the Newton-Khlaidi Fund partnership in the UK

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