Jerash, considered an of import Roman together with Byzantine city, is tardily revealing its percentage during the Early Islamic period.
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| The Umayyad mosque of Jerash during earthworks inwards 2012. The mosque was built inwards ca. 725 AD. The qibla wall is inwards the lower correct side of the photograph [Credit: Islamic Jerash Project & the University of Copenhagen] |
He has been working inwards Jerash since 2007, offset amongst the Islamic Jerash Project of the University of Copenhagen directed yesteryear Professor Alan Walmsley, together with late amongst the Late Antique Jerash Project, directed yesteryear Louise Blanke.
“I am primarily interested inwards agreement the economical together with social histories of ordinary people inwards the Middle East through texts, excavations together with the written report of the landscape together with environs of,” Rattenborg said.
According to the scholar, the close of import contribution of the Islamic Jerash Project has been to completely revise the agreement of the town inwards the Early Islamic period.
Despite the of import run carried out yesteryear both Jordanian together with international researchers, Jerash has traditionally been viewed primarily equally a Roman or equally a Christian city, on trouble organisation human relationship of impressive theatres, bathhouses, temples together with churches that tin yet live on seen throughout the ancient city, he said.
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| The site of the early on Islamic mosque of Jarash, due north of the iconic Oval Piazza at the central crossroads of the town [Credit: The Danish-Jordanian Islamic Jarash Project] |
The Danish scholar has been an surface area supervisor at the Islamic Jerash Project from 2008-2011, instruction Danish together with Jordanian students the basics of champaign archæology inwards the Middle East.
“Since 2012, I convey been assistant managing director of the Islamic Jerash Project together with my main focus surface area has been the earthworks of a grouping of Abbasid houses dating from eighth to tenth centuries AD,” he said, noting that side yesteryear side to the so-called “Umayyad House” on the northern side of the South Decumanus, these buildings constitute around of the earliest Islamic houses constitute inwards Jerash.
Excavations of the Islamic Jerash Project convey been discontinued since the end flavour inwards 2013, when the restoration of the mosque was finished together with the edifice was opened to visitors, Rattenborg said.
Rattemborg said it is at in 1 lawsuit fourth dimension to gear upward textile for scholarly articles together with books on early on Islamic dominion inwards the ancient Jordanian city.
“Together amongst my colleagues together with projection directors I volition live on working towards publishing the findings of the Islamic Jerash Project inwards the coming years,” he underscored.
Author: Saeb Rawashdeh | Source: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Times [September 24, 2018]
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