Scientific Program

 
Sunday, June 17: Arrival in Amman
 
Afternoon

Accommodatio​n in Amman, Grand Stay Hotel. Al Madina Al Munawara Street Tel: (+962) 6-5502222

 
Monday, June 18
 
9:00 AM
Departure​ from Amman*
12:00 PM
Check in to The Old Village Resort, Wadi Musa
1:00 PM
Lunch
Chair: Suleiman A. D. Farajat
3:00–5:30 PM
Archaeology and Tourism: Sustainable Meeting Grounds – roundtable session with representatives of international and national research institutes
7:00 PM
Dinner
 
 

* All Participants will depart from the university of Jordan at 8:30 Am and at 9:00 from the hotel by the University of Jordan buses to Petra.

 

 

Academic Program
Tuesday, June 19: Opening Ceremony and Lecture Sessions 1A-1B, 10:30 AM 5:40 PM
 
9:0010:00 AM
Registration, Sale Proceedings ICPNC II
Chair: John Healey
10:30 AM
Welcoming address by
- His Excellency Eng. Falah Alomoush, Chief Commissioner of the Petra Region Authority

- Professor Dr. Azmi Mahafzah, President of the University of Jordan

- His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal

 
12:001:30 PM
LUNCH
 
Lecture Session 1A
Chair: David Graf
1:30–1:50 PM
1:50–2:10 PM
2:10–2:30 PM
Zeyad al-Salameen (Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Ma'an, Jordan), Nabataean Echoes in the Eastern Harrah: New Evidence in the Light of Recent Fieldwork
2:30–2:50 PM
2:50–3:10 PM
Discussion
3:10–3:30 PM
 Break
 
Lecture Session 1B
Chair: Zeyad al-Salameen
3:30–3:50 PM
Megan A. Perry (East Carolina University, Greenville, USA), Revealing Cycles of Mortuary Behavior in Petra
3:50–4:10 PM
4:10–4:30 PM
4:30–4:50 PM
Anna Accettola (University of California, Los Angeles CA, USA), Tracing Nabataean Trade in Ancient Greek Literature: An Analysis of Word Usage and Context
4:50–5:10 PM
Discussion
7:00 PM
 DINNER
 
Wednesday, June 20: Lecture Sessions 2A-2F, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
 
Lecture Session 2A
Chair: Laurent Tholbecq
 
Lecture Session 2C

Chair: David Johnson
Cultural Exchange – Local Traditions
11:00–11:20AM
John Healey (University of Manchester, United Kingdom), Variation in Nabataean Aramaic
11:20–11:40AM
Gaby Abousamra (Lebanese University of Beirut, Lebanon), Nabataeans or Itureans in Mount Lebanon? About the Aramean Inscription of Yanouh
11:40–12:00 PM
Solaiman Abd Al-Theeb (King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), New Nabataean Inscriptions from al-ʿUlāʾ
12:00–12:20 PM
Regine Hunziker-Rodewald (University of Strasbourg, France), Drawings and Squeezes of Nabataean Inscriptions by Julius Euting (1839-1913)
12:20–12:40 PM
Discussion
12:40–2:00 PM
LUNCH
 
Lecture Session 2D
Chair: Caroline Durand
11:00–11:20AM
11:20–11:40AM
11:40–12:00 PM
12:00–12:20 PM
12:20–12:40 PM
Discussion
12:40–2:00 PM
LUNCH
 
Lecture Session 2E
Chair: Thibaud Fournet
2:00–2:20 PM
2:20–2:40 PM
2:40–3:00 PM
3:00–3:20 PM
Andrew M. Smith (George Washington University, USA), The Nabataean Rural Economy in the Hinterland of Petra
3:20–3:40 PM
Discussion
3:40–4:00PM
 Break
 
Final Lecture Session 2F
Chair: Regine Hunziker-Rodewald
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4:00–4:20 PM
Thibaud Fournet (IFPO Amman, Jordan), The Hanging Baths of Jabal Khubthah (Petra): Preliminary Conclusions Following the Archaeological and Architectural Studies (2014-2017)
4:20–4:40 PM
Craig A. Harvey & Sophie E. M. Tews (University of Michigan, USA), Bathing in Petra: Insights from a Newly Discovered Bath on the Petra North Ridge
4:40–5:00 PM
Zeid Adnan (Independent Researcher, Iraq) & Mohannad Al-Tantawi (University of Jordan, School of Archaeology and Tourism, Jordan) The Nabataean School of Painted Fine "Egg-Shell" Ware: Mythology and Concept
5:00–5:40 PM
Discussion, Acknowledgments, Proceedings, ICPNC IV
7:00 PM
DInner
 
 
 
 
Thursday, June 21, Field Trip, 8:00 AM 2:00 PM
Organizing: Suleiman A. D. Farajat (Petra Development & Tourism Region Authority)
 
Field Trip
8:00 AM 
Site Visit
12:00–1:30 PM
LUNCH
2:00 PM
Departure to Amman
 
 
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