The Gerda Henkel Foundation is committed to protecting cultural heritage in Jordan. In addition to an archaeological excavation in the city of Gerasa, the foundation is also supporting a digitization programme for historical finds in Amman. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier drew attention to the funding projects by visiting both sites at the end of January 2018. On his trip to Jordan, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier not only visited […]

The Gerda Henkel Foundation is committed to protecting cultural heritage in Jordan. In addition to an archaeological excavation in the city of Gerasa, the foundation is also supporting a digitization programme for historical finds in Amman. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier drew attention to the funding projects by visiting both sites at the end of January 2018.

On his trip to Jordan, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier not only visited Abdullah Il ibn Al Hussein, the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, schools, refugees and young entrepreneurs, but also the excavations in Gerasa and the Citadel Hill in Amman. The Gerda Henkel Foundation is involved in both locations.

In Gerasa, it supported the excavations by a team of Jordanian, French and German archaeologists. They excavated in the eastern baths of the city of Gerasa, which are among the largest Roman baths in the area. During this excavation campaign, the archaeologists found 100 fragments of marble figurines as well as a figurine of Aphrodite with an inscription testifying that it was donated by the Gerasa citizen Demetrios in 153/154 AD.

Digital documentation of the finds from Amman

Under the title “Patrimonies”, the Gerda Henkel Foundation promotes the preservation of cultural heritage in crisis regions. This endangered cultural heritage also includes finds that have already been recovered, preserved and exhibited in the Archaeological Museum at the Citadel in Amman. They are all being photographed and scientifically described with the help of the foundation. The digital database is intended to protect 100,000 years of human history from robbery, destruction and oblivion. Because what is recorded in the database is more difficult to trade, making theft less worthwhile.

The Gerda Henkel Foundation has accompanied the work of Dieter Vieweger, archaeologist and theologian, and Jutta Häser, project manager in Amman, and is showing several films on its website that give an excellent impression of the situation on the ground, the scope, the difficulties and the importance of the work. The eight films can be viewed at: www.lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de

“With his visit, the Federal President honored the valuable commitment of the Foundation – also representative of the commitment of German institutions and institutions in the field of cultural property protection,” said the Federal President’s Office at the request of RESTAURO.

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The large paving brick in Linge ® format from Vandersanden: Calm appearance, sustainability and an authentic character. Read more about it here.

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