[1] After the Six-Day War in 1967, it became increasingly difficult for archaeologists to use the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem (BSAJ) as base for conducting fieldwork in neighbouring countries.

[2] In the early 1970s the Director of the BSAJ, Crystal Bennett, conducted excavations in southern Jordan using this store and her private flat in Amman.

However, the need for a larger and more permanent base became apparent when Bennett was asked by the Jordanian Department of Antiquities to direct major excavations of the Amman Citadel.

She rented a large house opposite the University of Jordan and established it as the new British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History (BIAAH) in 1975.

[2] Up until 2022, the BIA was located in the Tla' Al Ali district of Amman, close to the University of Jordan and the original BIAAH building.