Two members of the Dadan Archaeological Project (DAP) will be presenting new research at the 58th Seminar for Arabian Studies, organised by @IASArabia

Fantastic evening yesterday with the AlUla Rawis! On 10 December 2025, members of the Dadan Archaeological Project joined the concluding session of the Mastery Program on Archaeology Mediation delivered by the @ecoledulouvre.bsky.social.

After five years of research carried out by the Dadan Archaeological Project, this major historical site in #AlUla unveils its first permanent exhibition, showcasing the results of long-term scientific research. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPRP... @RCU_SA @AF_ALULA

Today, part of our fieldwork technician team had the opportunity to discover the new permanent exhibition “Illuminating Discoveries: Uncovering the Layers of Dadan’s History” at the Dadan Visitor Centre. @cnrs.fr The Royal Commission for AlUla; AFALULA

Five years of discoveries by the Dadan Archaeological Project now unveiled at the new Dadan Visitor Center

New article from the Dadan Archaeological Project! 📷 Read the article online: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Fieldwork has begun on the urban sanctuary of Dhū Ghābat at Dadan, as part of the doctoral research of M. Lenoir (@sorbonneparis1.bsky.social ), funded by the Programme Jaussen & Savignac Scholarship @cnrs.fr @RCU_SA @AF_ALULA

Discover Dadan in Assassin’s Creed Mirage These two short clips from the “Valley of Memory” DLC take you inside key landmarks of the ancient city of Dadan. 📷 In the first sequence, the main character walks through the sanctuary dedicated to the deity Dhū Ghābat

Resumption of the excavation of collective tomb 2788 under the direction of Dr C. Girardi and J. Obrecht, with the participation of the Cordata team (T. Godet and D. Labaeye). @cnrs.fr ; @RCU_SA ; @AF_ALULA

Thank you Laurence Hapiot Last week was intense, collaborating with Dr. Chloe Girardi from the Dadan Archaeological Project (The Royal Commission for AlUla, CNRS, Agence française pour le développement d'AlUla - AFALULA).

Geophysical survey underway at Dadan with @eveha-inter.bsky.social : exploring a potential artisanal zone and mapping late pre-Islamic to Islamic-period occupations. @cnrs.fr #RCU #AFALULA

Field season resumes at Dadan (al-ʿUlā, Saudi Arabia). 📷 Dadan Archaeological Project (DAP)

New issue of Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Vol. 36, No. 1 (2025) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000471... @andzerb.bsky.social @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social @agpienkowska.bsky.social @safaitic.bsky.social

This week, two members of the #DadanArchaeologicalProject, Mohammed Hamzi and the mission’s co-director, Dr. Jérôme Rohmer, were honored to be invited to the Zhengzhou–AlUla Archaeology Seminar 2025 in China.

As the Dadan Archaeological Project team, we’re pleased to see al-ʿUlā represented in the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Valley of Memory. The game includes views of ancient Dadan, notably the Lion Tombs.

Spotlight on Programme Jaussen & Savignac Scholars in Dadan Archaeological Project For the 2024–2025 cycle, we are pleased to highlight three colleagues whose work advances research on north-western Arabia within the Jaussen & Savignac Programme. jaussen-et-savignac.pantheonsorbonne.fr/equipe-0

Members of the Dadan Archaeological Project presented new archaeozoological results at a workshop, focusing on an urban quarter at Dadan. The dataset spans ca. 2,500 years of occupation, from the Middle Bronze Age to the 3rd century CE. @AF_ALULA

During the 20th International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany (#IWGP2025), Anne-Claire Misme (Eveha) presented: “How to connect an archaeobotanical project to local history for a younger audience? Field-based outreach experimentation in Dadan, Al-Ula (Saudi Arabia)”. #outreach #archaeology