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Project Presentation

Athena Project

“ATHENA” is an acronym for the Ancient Theaters Enhancement for New Actualities, commonly named as the ATHENA Project. It was created in 2009 and concerned with the innovation, protection and preservation of ancient theaters across the Euromed region. Inherent as… Continue reading →


Contact

Coordinator:
Department of Antiquities
Sultan Al Atrash Street, Jabal Amman
P.O.Box 88, Amman 11118, Jordan
Tel: +0962 46443336, Fax; +0962 64615848
Project manager: Nizar Al Adarbeh, Nizar.x1@gmail.com
Technical Expert: Mahmood Al Arab, Mahmoud.al.arab@gmail.com
Chief Project Editor: Marwan Asmar, marwan.asmar59@gmail.com
Athena Project Facebook page


Highlighted articles

Scanning Technologies for Heritage


Mobilising Heritage Through 4 EU Projects


ATHENA Workshop Training for the ‘Management Plan’ in Amman


Training Workshop for Site Managers takes “Training for Sustainability Site Management Plan: From Theory to Practice”.


Under the eye of the scanner in Algeria


Scanning of Siracusa Theater Reflects Italy’s ATHENA Week


ATHENA 3D: digital training in Jordan for ancient theaters.


ATHENA Project for Ancient Theaters


Partners

COORDINATOR: Ministry of Tourism/Department of Antiquities - DoA (JORDAN)

Institut aux Etudes Litteraires et de Sciences Humaines de Tunis of University of Tunis (TUNISIA)
Leader: Ahmed Al Marwani, ipelsht@ipelsht.rnu.tn

Labo Bati Dans l'Environment—University of Science and Technology, Houari Boumediene (ALGERIA)
Leader: Prof. Fattoum Kharchi, kharchifcong@yahoo.fr

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia - Instituto Universitario de Restauración del Patrimonio (SPAIN)
Leader: Teresa Doménech Carbó, tdomenec@crbc.upv.es

Dipartimento di Storia dell'Architettura, Restauro e Conservazione dei Beni Aschitettonici e stato of the Sapienza Universita di Roma (ITALY)
Leader: Prof. Carlo Bianchini, Carlo.bianchini@uniroma1.it

 

Associate partners:


CyArk High Definition Heritage Network based in California, USA
Ben Kacyra Ben.kacyra@cyark.org, info@cyark.org

Centro Regionale Progettazione e Restauro in Sicily, Italy
Arch. Roberto Garufi, roberto.garufi@centrorestauro.sicilia.it

Arab Towns Organization (ATO) in Kuwait
Eng. Abdulrahman Al-Duaij, Mr. Ghassan Samman, alduaij@ato.net, magazine@ato.net

Instituto de Arqueología-In Mérida Spain
Dr. Pedro Mateos Cruz, p.mateos@iam.csis.es


Related documents & links

  • View the full article on Athena Project (PDF, 329 Kb)
  • Ancient Theater Sites in the ATHENA Project (PDF,193 Kb)

  • The ATHENA Project in the EU (PDF,153 Kb)


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