By Jude Olszewski   The fourth field trip was not too far from home on Saturday the 14th of June, as most of the sites were located in the city of Amman and the surrounding desert to the east. We…

By Emilee Lawrence This week on site has been one of the more eventful weeks spent here at Mukhayyat.  Up until the beginning of this week, we had spent the majority of our time excavating and moving hundreds of guffahs…

By Hillary Lockhart After the exhausting yet amazing day at Petra we made our way to a Bedouin campsite in Wadi Rum where we stayed the night. As we approached the campsite we could see the landscape starting to change.…

By Alex Di Paolo We visited the site of Petra on Saturday June 7th 2014, and man was it ever an adventure. My friends and I actually started jumping around and squealing like children on Christmas morning when we finally…

By Laila Hack There are a lot of words that can be used to describe the past week of excavation; windy, tiring, and tough, but also interesting, fun, and fruitful. For the last week and a half or so, it…

By Leah Moncada We wake up at the luxurious hour of 8 am. Sunday May 24th was a national holiday in Jordan, so instead of stumbling to the Nescafe jar at 4 am, we get to wake up with the…

By Josh Pullman Gadara What a free for all! We were unleashed on this site, to crawl over every available surface, climb its pillars and simply wander. Free range historical parks are the best sort. The West Theatre being a…

By Ashley Paling Week two of the excavation came and went extremely quickly! Sunday was Jordanian Independence Day, so we decided not to wake up our neighbours at 4:30am, and had a “late” start, beginning at 9:00am. We also altered…