The finnish Jabal Haroun project 98

The Finnish Jabal Haroun Project (FJHP) under the direction of Prof. Jaakko Frosen, has recently concluded its first, two-month season of archaeological exploration in the area of Jabal Haroun, a mountain located ca 5 kms. west of Petra. The primary goal of the project is to investigate the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods in the Petra area, both being among the most enigmatic and poorly known in this area. The main site of the fieldwork was a ruined architectural complex on the plateau situated ca 70 m. below the mountain's summit which is crowned by the Islamic shrine (fig. 1). Additionally, an intensive survey was carried out in the environs of the mountain. Almost 30 scholars and students from the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki University of Technology, participated in the project, also including two scholars from other countries, and two representatives of the Department of Antiquities

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