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Zeidan A. Kafafi (Arabic: زيدان الكفافي) is a Jordanian archaeologist and academic who has directed and otherwise contributed to numerous excavations in and around Jordan and has assisted the institutional development of local academic institutions. He is a Professor Emeritus who recently served as the President of Yarmouk University. Among his contributions to the field of Near Eastern Archaeology are the significant discoveries at the site of 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan.