Who are we?
The core archaeological team would be provided by members of the Bristol University Great Arab Revolt Project of 2006-14 (www.jordan1914-18archaeology.org). This ten-year project is now in its post-excavation, publication, and public presentation phase. One major study has already been published by Yale University Press, Neil Faulkner’s Lawrence of Arabia’s War (www.yalebooks.co.uk), and a major exhibition based on the project is currently showing at the National Civil War Centre in Newark, Shifting Sands: Lawrence of Arabia and the Great Arab Revolt (www.nationalcivilwarcentre.com). Among several academic papers and numerous popular articles based on the project, Roger Ward has just published ‘The Arab War: Aqaba to Damascus’ in Desperta Ferro magazine.
A preliminary reconnaissance has been undertaken by Neil Faulkner, Roger Ward, Patrick Mercer, and Des Fitzgerald, all of whom are likely to be involved in the project. We are aiming to construct a team of about 10 specialists, and we would hope to recruit up to 25 volunteers to help carry out the survey. We would also seek formal institutional backing from a major British university (with an initial approach to Bristol), the support of a media/publicity partner (probably Military History Monthly, of which Neil Faulkner is editor), and, ideally, an American institution, either university or museum, in order to access American expertise and volunteers. We would also hope to establish strong professional, academic, and institutional links with Italian colleagues.
We are currently confirming the core team for this project, with a view to establishing a group of experts capable of undertaking both this and other similar projects we have planned for the future
A preliminary reconnaissance has been undertaken by Neil Faulkner, Roger Ward, Patrick Mercer, and Des Fitzgerald, all of whom are likely to be involved in the project. We are aiming to construct a team of about 10 specialists, and we would hope to recruit up to 25 volunteers to help carry out the survey. We would also seek formal institutional backing from a major British university (with an initial approach to Bristol), the support of a media/publicity partner (probably Military History Monthly, of which Neil Faulkner is editor), and, ideally, an American institution, either university or museum, in order to access American expertise and volunteers. We would also hope to establish strong professional, academic, and institutional links with Italian colleagues.
We are currently confirming the core team for this project, with a view to establishing a group of experts capable of undertaking both this and other similar projects we have planned for the future
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Who are you?
Anyone who loves the idea of being involved in this unique, groundbreaking project.