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'New Wonder of World' Subject of Lecture
Archaeological site in Jordan will be discussed on April 23
Petra, an archaeological site in Jordan, has been called one of the “new wonders of the world.”
A local anthropologist who has worked extensively at Petra will discuss the marvels of the site during an April 23 guest lecture at Gannon University.
The lecture, to be given by Leigh-Ann Bedal, Ph.D., will begin at 7:30 p.m. in room 1200 of Gannon’s Palumbo Academic Center, 824 Peach St. Bedal is an assistant professor of anthropology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Penn State Behrend.
The lecture, “Paradise Found: Excavating the Petra Garden,” is presented by Gannon University’s Collins Institute for Archaeological Research and is free and open to the public.
Bedal has worked at Jordan’s Petra site since 1994 and has directed her own project there since 1998. She also has worked extensively in Iraq, Syria, and Israel.
Bedal earned a doctoral degree in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught anthropology at Penn State Behrend since 2002. Her research interests are in the ancient Near East (Iron Age through Classical period), the Archaeology of Power, and Garden Archaeology.
For more information on the lecture, contact Dr. Suzanne Richard, associate professor, Gannon University history program, at 814-871-5605.
More about the Petra site
Petra lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It is renowned for its rock-cut architecture.
Petra also has been designated as a World Heritage Site and has been described as “one of the most precious cultural properties of man’s cultural heritage.”
The Nabateans constructed it as their capital city around 100 B.C.
A local anthropologist who has worked extensively at Petra will discuss the marvels of the site during an April 23 guest lecture at Gannon University.
The lecture, to be given by Leigh-Ann Bedal, Ph.D., will begin at 7:30 p.m. in room 1200 of Gannon’s Palumbo Academic Center, 824 Peach St. Bedal is an assistant professor of anthropology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Penn State Behrend.
The lecture, “Paradise Found: Excavating the Petra Garden,” is presented by Gannon University’s Collins Institute for Archaeological Research and is free and open to the public.
Bedal has worked at Jordan’s Petra site since 1994 and has directed her own project there since 1998. She also has worked extensively in Iraq, Syria, and Israel.
Bedal earned a doctoral degree in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught anthropology at Penn State Behrend since 2002. Her research interests are in the ancient Near East (Iron Age through Classical period), the Archaeology of Power, and Garden Archaeology.
For more information on the lecture, contact Dr. Suzanne Richard, associate professor, Gannon University history program, at 814-871-5605.
More about the Petra site
Petra lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It is renowned for its rock-cut architecture.
Petra also has been designated as a World Heritage Site and has been described as “one of the most precious cultural properties of man’s cultural heritage.”
The Nabateans constructed it as their capital city around 100 B.C.
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