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Introduction to Jordan: Petra and Beyond with Dr. Kevin Gibbs
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Kevin Gibbs is an archaeologist based at the University of California, Berkeley. He completed his PhD at the University of Toronto. He has carried out research in various parts of North America, East Asia, and the Middle East but for the last 20 years his fieldwork has focused primarily on the archaeology of Jordan. He has taught courses on archaeology and cultural anthropology at several universities, including Berkeley, the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the University of Toronto, and the University of Manchester.
This conversation is suitable for all ages.
90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.
Dr. Gibbs appears to be very knowledgeable about Jordan and shared this clearly. I was hoping that he would spend more time on Petra but this was more of a general introduction.
This was a good presentation. I have been to Jordan, and I learned new things and identified some sites I have not seen and would like to. This was a travel presentation rather than historical, but that was okay. I realize there are probably limits to political conversation, but , in light of what is happening in Jordan, it would have been interesting to include some of this. Nonetheless, highly recommend.
A quasi complete tour of Jordan. You will have a zillion ideas of things to do over there!
I had no idea before this tour how much there was to see in Jordan. I liked that he is an archaeologist, and can talk about the various periods reflected in the architecture, as well as the cultural and geographic aspects as well. The time flew by!
Dr. Gibbs provided an instructive and inviting overview to Jordan, helping to look beyond the "usual suspects." I've had the pleasure of traveling to Jordan 3 times and am scheduled to lead a group there in October, so it was good to be refreshed.