2025 Humayma Season
Between May 17 and June 7, 2025, 15 undergraduate students from the 51ÁÔÆæ participated in the inaugural season of renewed archaeological work at Humayma.
External Awards
Four 51ÁÔÆæ students were awarded external fellowships to support their participation in the 2025 Humayma Survey season:
- , ACOR
- Mary Louise Mussell Student Travel Fellowship, CASOR
- Eric and Carol Meyers Fieldwork Participation Scholarship, ASOR
- Harva L. Sheeler Scholarships for Fieldwork Participation, ASOR
- , ACOR
Congrats to the awardees!
The 2025 Survey Season
During the first week of this three-week field school, the team stayed at ACOR, Amman. Here, students gained hands-on experience recording and processing excavated material such as pottery, stone vessels, and ceramic building materials. Students were also introduced to new recording techniques such as 3D modelling, using photogrammetry. These valuable skills were then applied in the field during the survey work at Humayma. 
Students working with ancient water pipes at ACOR, Amman
Lecture on photomodelling at ACOR
Working with stone vessel fragments at ACOR
While based in Amman, students also visited Jordan’s National Museum, which houses the country’s most significant archaeological artefacts. The team also toured the Greco-Roman site of Jerash, where in addition to exploring the ancient city’s remains, students gave short research presentations to the group on key monuments.
Humayma 2025 team photo at Jerash
Walking through Jerash
Studying archaeological remains of Jerash
Student-led presentation at Jerash
The team then traveled south, stopping at the historical city of Madaba and exploring the world-famous archaeological site of Petra. Here again, students presented research reports on key monuments and also had time to explore the site in small groups.
Humayma 2025 team photo at Petra
Walking through the ancient city of Petra
Student-led presentation at Petra
The next two weeks of the field school were spent in the seaside city of Aqaba, from which the team commuted daily to the site of Humayma to conduct survey work. The focus of this survey was on mapping the visible remains, recording looting activities and other risks to the site’s archaeological heritage, creating 3D models of key structures, and locating and documenting middens (ancient trash heaps). Several major and unexpected discoveries were also made, and the full results of this survey season will appear in forthcoming project publications.
Humayma 2025 team photo on site at Humayma
Field photography at Humayma
Exploring the hills surrounding Humayma
Documenting petroglyphs in the hills surrounding Humayma
Documenting looting activity on site
Photography in the field
Tea break in the field
Small finds photography in the field
Second breakfast while in the field
Discussing museum ethics over tea while on site
Small finds photography on site at Humayma
Overlooking the site of Humayma