1.   The Washington office provides travel information, including visitor guides and brochures about attractions such as the archeological relics of Petra and the aquatic resorts in Aqaba.

2.   These are archeological fragments, chosen from more than two million owned by the Seaport Museum, which is the biggest repository of New York City archeological relics.

3.   Under Mexican law, archeological relics are national patrimony and property of the state.

4.   A Dead Sea archeological relic which could hold the key to secret hidden treasures was given to Jordan Tuesday after French experts spent more than two years restoring it.