Scholarly publications
K. Schmidt (in press), Revisiting the Stratigraphy and Dating of the Iron Age Monumental Residence on the Amman Citadel, Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins.
K. Schmidt, Z. Kafafi, B. Jansen (in press), Amman Citadel Excavations: Preliminary Report on the 2024 and 2025 Excavations of the Amman Archaeological Project, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan.
K. Schmidt (forthcoming), The Citadel of Amman: The Center of the Kingdom of Ammon, in: A. Danielson / B. Routledge (eds.), The Seat of Kingship? Royal Cities and Political Communities in Iron Age Jordan, Colorado Press.
E. Strothenke-Koch (forthcoming), The pottery from the Iron Age Monumental Residence on the Amman Citadel, Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins.
L. Webster, K. Schmidt (forthcoming), The 14C dates from the Amman Citadel Excavations: the Monumental Residence.
In the Media
TV
The National Geographic documentary about the excavation project in Amman (Lost Treasures of the Bible: Mystery of King Solomon) was also broadcast in translation on ZDF / ZDFinfo on 14 December 2025.
https://www.natgeotv.com/za/shows/natgeo/lost-treasures-of-the-bible
https://www.zdf.de/video/dokus/mythen-der-bibel-100/mythen-der-bibel-koenig-salomo-100
Articles in newspapers and popular science magazines
K. Schmidt (in press), Farbige Könige und Götter der Eisenzeit. Wie ein Synchrotron in Jordanien verlorene Farben sichtbar macht, Antike Welt.
K. Schmidt 2026, Excavating the Royal Capital of Ammon: A New Research Project on the Amman Citadel, Schmidt, K. 2026. “Excavating the Royal Capital of Ammon: A New Research Project on the Amman Citadel”, The Ancient Near East Today 14.3. https://anetoday.org/royal-capital-ammon/
K. Schmidt 2026, Ausgrabungen auf der Zitadelle von Amman. Zwischen Routine und Entdeckung, Antike Welt, 1/26. https://www.herder.de/wbg-magazine/aw/archiv/2026/1-2026/
K. Schmidt 2025, Neues Ausgrabungsprojekt in Jordanien: Rabbat-Amman, die Königsstadt der Ammoniter, Welt und Umwelt der Bibel 4/25, Ausgabe 118, pp. 62–65. https://www.bibelwerk.shop/produkte/die-pharisaeer-vorurteile-fakten-einsichten-3002504
K. Schmidt 2023, Hard Power: The Stone Statues of Ammon, Biblical Archaeology Review 49/4, pp. 48–53.
K. Schmidt 2022, Die Bildwerke des Königreichs Ammon. Ein neues Projekt zu eisenzeitlichen Steinstatuen in Jordanien, Antike Welt 2/22, pp. 16–21. https://www.herder.de/wbg-magazine/aw/archiv/2022/2-2022/
Seab Rawashdeh 2025, Ammonite structure discovered on eastern side of Amman Citadel, Jordan Times, 25 May 2025. https://jordantimes.com/news/local/ammonite-structure-discovered-eastern-side-amman-citadel
