Petra Hinterland Ancient Roads Project (مشروع الطرق القديمة في بترا هينترلاند)

The project records the ancient roads network in the hinterland of Petra. The documentation process includes taking photographs, recording GPS points along the route of each road, and plotting the traceable remains of each road on a digital map. On the website, a photo gallery of the documented area is available.

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Author	Al-Hussein bin Talal University, the Nabataean Centre for Archaeological Studies
Last Updated	September 27, 2020, 07:30 (BST)
Created	March 4, 2020, 07:23 (GMT)
Project URL	http://www.ahu.edu.jo/AR-narticle-13782
Project team	Dr. Fawzi Abudanah Dr. Sa'ad Twaissi Dr. Mohammad B. Tarawneh Adeeb Al-Salameen
Project start date	2011-01-01
Project status	Ongoing
Citation information	Abudanah, F; Twaissi S; Wenner, E Sarah; Tarawneh, M. B; al-Salameen, A., (2015), The Legend of the ‘King’s Highway’: The Archaeological Evidence. ZOrA 8. Abudanah, F., Tarawneh, M.B., Twaissi, S., Wenner, S. and Al‐Salameen, A., (2016), The Via Nova Traiana Between Petra and Ayn Al‐Qana In Arabia Petraea. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 35(4), pp.389-412.
Time Periods	Nabataean, Byzantine, Roman
Data type	Images Photograph, Text article, Images Map