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The idea of collecting valued objects dates back to the period prior to the arrival of Islam, Arabs having traditionally placed precious things inside the Kaaba in Mecca for religious purposes .The idea of establishing museums in Jordan and the region started after Europeans began to turn their attention to the antiquities and traditional objects of the Arab world, whether as Christian missionaries, colonists or private individuals. In Jordan, the Department of Antiquities was established and participated in protecting the movable and immovable cultural heritage, which led to the establishment of museums. The DOA created museums throughout the country to spread the awareness of archaeology and heritage and to house archaeological objects. However, Jordanian museums developed slowly, as a result of a lack of interest and awareness, unqualified staff with inadequate power structures, political instability, poor economic conditions, the fact that publicly-run bodies do not benefit from their own income, and the absence of official associations or museum councils

In 1974 the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology (Deutsches Evangelisches Institut für Altertumswissenschaft des Heiligen Landes) uncovered the remains The worship of gods or goddesses as patrons and guardians of a city was an ancient oriental tradition, especially in Mesopotamia and Egypt. It dates back to the Bronze Age, during the third millennium B.C. This practice long predated the arrival of Alexander the Great to the East in 331 B.C. Each city state had its own god or goddess. He or she was the primary and most popular among other deities. He or she had to protect the city from enemies, attacks from other cities, and represent its needs to the other deities. This tradition transferred later to the Greeks and Romans. The goddess who played the city god or goddess role was often Tyche, as it was in the case of Gadara, the Greek/Roman predecessor of today's city of Umm Qais in Jordan.

Approaches used to design, build, and maintain digital cultural heritage communities and infrastructure in Europe, North America, and Australasia need to be tailored to regional contexts such as Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Cultural and political differences, inherited issues with technical infrastructure and funding, and the need to build trusting and healthy working relationships across national boundaries makes this challenging. The framework and roadmap used during the MaDiH (مديح): Mapping Digital Cultural Heritage in Jordan project (2019 - 2021) provides one of several possible models for such work, as well as highlighting its myriad challenges and opportunities.