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Donald Whitcomb

Donald Whitcomb is an archeologist at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, where he specializes in Islamic archeology and the Early Islamic city. Together they co-directed the joint Palestinian-American excavation at Khirbat al-Mafjar from 2010 to 2014.

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2016 Calendar: Mosaics
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Exuberant, eclectic and recently conserved, more than two dozen mosaic patterns dating from the early eighth century lie largely intact in the ruined Umayyad palace of Khirbat al-Mafjar near Jericho, unsurpassed masterpieces of their era.

Donald Whitcomb

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2016 Calendar: Mosaics