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A controversy over Roman baths accidentally found last month under a busy street in downtown Amman has ended with the decision to pile earth back on the 2,300-year-old site.
The authorities also stopped infrastructure work that could have further damaged the site, believed to be as significant as Beirut’s landmark Roman baths. The site of 2,300-year-old Roman baths, uncovered during sewerage works in Amman, Jordan. Amy McConaghy / The National Antiquities Department employees survey a section of the Roman baths in downtown Amman, Jordan. Amy McConaghy / The National The Roman baths were uncovered in an area with shops selling Chinese and Turkish apparel, souvenir shops, coffee stands, sweet shops and local restaurants. Amy McConaghy / The National
Roman baths discovered during city works in Jordanian capital
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On site firefighting training at the Tombs of the Buganda Kings at Kasubi World Heritage property © Denis Lukwago
UNESCO’s Heritage Emergency Fund (HEF) supported an on-site firefighting training on 7 December 2020 for local communities and site management at the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi World Heritage site in Uganda organized by the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities Department of Museums and Monuments.
The training is part of an ongoing HEF project for “Post-fire emergency assistance for the World Heritage property of the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi, Uganda” following a fire that broke out on 5 June 2020. The project is supporting the development of a disaster risk management plan for the site and providing some of the essential equipment required for a comprehensive firefighting system at the site. The project complements another ongoing UNESCO project for post-fire recons
UNESCO’s HEF conducts on-site firefighting training for local communities in Uganda
The training is part of an ongoing HEF project for “Post-fire emergency assistance for the World Heritage property of the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi, Uganda” following a fire that broke out on 5 June 2020.UNESCO | Kampala | Updated: 15-12-2020 12:03 IST | Created: 15-12-2020 12:03 IST
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UNESCO s Heritage Emergency Fund (HEF) supported an on-site firefighting training on 7 December 2020 for local communities and site management at the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi World Heritage site in Uganda organized by the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities Department of Museums and Monuments.
Dubai: A Roman archaeological site was recently uncovered in Downtown Amman during excavation works to install a water drainage system, local media reported.
Yazid Alayyan, Director of the Department of Antiquities, on Friday visited Downtown Amman, where the Roman-era archaeological remains were discovered amid the Greater Amman Municipality’s ongoing works.
The site, opposite the Roman Amphitheatre, was found while authorities were installing a system to control floods which have caused damage to shops and architectural sites in the downtown area.
Among the remains found were second-century tiled Roman baths with heated cellars, and a crematorium.
The sites were, from 1964 to 1971, completely submerged by the ‘Amman River,’ which was a body of water spanning from Ras Al Ain to Ain Ghazal, feeding into the Zarqa River.
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