Today I was informed of another related blog, being maintained by an archaeology project team in Jordan: The Great Arab Revolt Project. I’ve also provided a link to the project’s home page on our links page. The blog contains some great images of the areas covered by the Arab Revolt in Jordan and also some interesting insights that the team has gained from their digs such as this one from a post on 6 November:

. . . Ottoman defensive tactics during the First World War were sophisticated and likely to have been effective. The stereotype of a corrupt and incompetent army seems increasingly less likely on the evidence of modern conflict archaeology.

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