Hani Falahat

Retired from Ministry of tourism - Jordan · Department of Antiquities/ Research Director, Head of Department

Archaeologists and historians throughout time have relied mainly on textual, architectural, and art-historical analyses to understand the historical context of civilizations. This traditional approach has been challenged, however, by the current new practices in archaeological studies, which tend to rely on more scientific methods (e.g. informati...

Intensive investigations of the archaeological remains at agricultural sites and water springs may provide a wealth of information. The remains, recently revealed in the vicinity of eṣ-Ṣader spring3, inspired the authors to investigate the area in and around Wādī eṣ-Ṣader. These explorations have enhanced our knowledge about the importance of this...

Intensive investigations of the archaeological remains at agricultural sites and water springs may provide a wealth of information. The remains, recently revealed in the vicinity of eṣ-Ṣader spring 3 , inspired the authors to investigate the area in and around Wādī eṣ-Ṣader. These explorations have enhanced our knowledge about the importance of thi...

A part of a Nabataean bronze inscribed object has been found recently in Wadi Musa, near Petra, Jordan. The text, which is dated to the reign of the last Nabataean king, Rabbel II (AD 70-106), is of great interest since it contains words that occur for the first time in Nabataean. It mentions a dedication made by a priest and his son to 'Obodas the...

This paper presents two new Nabataean inscriptions, which have come to light from Wādī Mūsā near Petra. They were found accidentally in September 2009 by the writers of the article. Both mention the ancient Nabataean name of Wādī Mūsā and one of them refers to the existence of a rb mrzḥ', ‘Head of the Symposium’, there during the Nabataean period....

This paper sheds more light on Udhruḥ during the Byzantine and Islamic periods, based on both historical sources and archaeological data. It presents new unpublished Arabic-Christian inscriptions that were found inside the site’s Byzantine church, which confirm the continuity of Christianity in the region during the Islamic period.

This paper presents new evidence concerning the discovery of an ancient tomb in the vicinity of Petra in southern Jordan. The discovery of intact ancient tombs is very rare in the countryside of Petra. Research fieldworks have revealed too many structure sites and very small number of tombs. This paper offers a thorough description to a recently di...

This paper presents the preliminary results of a survey and excavation conducted in 2006 on small cemeteries at Wadi Mudayfa'at and Wadi Abu Khasharif, which are located c. 30 km southeast of the village of al-Hussayniah on the Desert Highway in southern Jordan. In total five graves were excavated. Preservation was excellent including human and oth...

Pres de Petra la forteresse nabateenne d’Udrhuh devient en 106 un castrum romain. Description des vestiges (enceinte, principia). Decouverte en 2005 d’une inscription en latin, dedicace aux tetrarques par la legion VI Ferrata, avec martelage du nom de Maximien, donc datee entre 293 et 305. Mention d’une reconstruction du camp. Recherches sur les ca...

This paper tries to shed more light on the history of Islamic Petra and concentrates particularly on the Jabal Haroun area. Five new Islamic inscriptions dated to the early, middle and late Islamic periods are published below for the first time. These confirm the sanctity of the site during these periods.