The Ifpo Conservation Project of the Aqaba Church (1): General Presentation
From October 3 to December 31, 2023, the French Institute of the Near East (Ifpo) carried out at Aqaba the conservation of a mudbrick building interpreted as one of the oldest churches in the world, said to be dating back to the 4th century (fig. 1). It was discovered in the 1990s by the Roman ‘Aqaba Project (dir. Pr. Th. Parker from North Carolina State University). At the time, the building and...