Online Photo Archive in Amman Is Making Thousands of Images Public, Showing Pluralistic Histories of the Middle East

Through the diversity of its subjects, the online ACOR Photo Archive provides a representative record of Jordan’s archeological and social history spanning from 1955 to the early 2000s.

Nov 29, 2017

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by Jess Holland

In September 2017, the American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) in Amman, Jordan published an online archive of historical images from across the Middle East. The project is being supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Whilst working as an archivist, I helped start this ambitious project to digitize and publish 30,…

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