Project

In collaboration with the Getty Conservation Institute, WMF, the Jordanian Department of Antiquities and the Iraq State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, a modern, web-based inventory for archaeological sites, known as Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities (MEGA) has been developed to record and monitor condition data at heritage sites in Iraq and Jordan. (...)

In collaboration with the Getty Conservation Institute, WMF, the Jordanian Department of Antiquities and the Iraq State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, a modern, web-based inventory for archaeological sites, known as Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities (MEGA) has been developed to record and monitor condition data at heritage sites in Iraq and Jordan. The system uses GIS as the basis for site identification and can hold robust condition information, images, maps, and other data. An essential feature of the program is that it is bi-lingual in English and Arabic. While it was conceived as a tool for Jordan and Iraq, other countries in the region have expressed interest in learning more about the program and its potential use more broadly throughout the Arabic-speaking Middle East.