 In recognition of HRH’s efforts to marry science and development with culture and material heritage, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, has appointed Princess Sumaya as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Jordan Museum (14), where the Princess is overseeing the development of Jordan’s first national museum.The Princess is an avid archaeologist and is Patron of the Wadi Faynan project (15), an archaeological excavation in southern Jordan established by the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL).She has worked with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on several projects relating to the conservation and development of archaeological sites in Jordan.