Moawiyah Ibrahim
Moawiyah Ibrahim
Professor - Yarmouk University
Dr. Moawiyah Ibrahim is a professor at Yarmouk University in Jordan. He is also Jordan’s representative to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The committee is tasked with helping to protect heritage sites around the world.
Professor Ibrahim conducted extensive fieldwork at the site of Khirbet ez-Zeiraqoun in Northern Jordan in the 1980’s and 1990’s. The site is 25 hectares in size and dates to the early Bronze III (2700-2300 BC). It featured an underground tunnel system, which goes as deep as 100 meters underground. It also had a 5-6 meter thick fortification wall, ringed with 17 meter towers.
