THE INTERNATIONAL KHUBTHA TOMBS PROJECT (IKTP) ~ PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE SEPTEMBER 2010 SEASON ~ Dr Lucy Wadeson (University of Oxford; Council for British Research in the Levant ) Acknowledgements The first field season of the International Khubtha Tombs Project (IKTP) took place between September 5th and 23rd 2010. The project was funded by the German-French research project “Early Petra”, directed by Prof Michel Mouton (Paris) and Prof Stephan G. Schmid (Berlin) and sponsored by the German Research Association (DFG), the Excellence Cluster TOPOI at the Humboldt University, Berlin and the Association for the Understanding of Ancient Cultures (AUAC). IKTP was also affiliated to the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) and the British Institute in Amman kindly provided field equipment and support. I would like to thank the Director General of the Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Dr Ziad al-Saad, for granting the permit to work in Petra (Permit No. 2010/64 ) and also the Commissioner of the Petra Archaeological Park, Dr Emad Hijazeen, for his support of the project. The Department of Antiquities representative was Mohammad Salameen, whose assistance was most appreciated. I would also like to express thanks to Tahani Salhi, Director of Cultural Resources, and Haroun Amarat for their help during the duration of the project. Dr Carol Palmer, Nadja Qaisi and Alison Damick (all CBRL) were most supportive of the project and I am most grateful for their advice and help concerning logistical matters. IKTP 2010 was directed by Dr Lucy Wadeson (Oxford/CBRL) and kindly initiated and organised by Prof Stephan G. Schmid. The team included Marco Dehner (Berlin) and Maxie Haufe (Berlin) and up to eight workmen from the B‟dool tribe. During the team‟s stay at Nazzal‟s Camp in Petra, Suleiman Mohammad al-Bdool, his wife Aziza, and Ali Chalaf al- Bdool proved an excellent camp team.