German Protestant Archaeology Institute

During the first 60 years of its existence, research at the institute was mainly focused on historical and topographical subjects associated with the Old Testament. World Wars I and II and their after-effects brought regular fieldwork to an end and could only be resumed in 1960. As a result of the war in 1967 and its political entanglements, the German Protestant Institute was unable to continue its projects in Transjordan from Jerusalem. Only an institute in Jordan could make a continuation of work there possible.