19/05/2014
Excavations at Hisham’s Palace
Last week’s staff breakfast, presented by Dr Mahmoud Hawari, Curator of Islamic Collections at the BM, focussed on the excavations at Hisham’s Palace, an 8th century ‘Desert Palace’ 3km north of Tell es-Sultan, ancient Jericho. Hisham’s Palace is an important early Islamic, Umayyad palace with spectacular architecture and decorative arts including stucco sculpture and carved […]
