📣Our Dr Bijan Rouhani took part in the Digital Heritage Forum, hosted by Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi on 3–5 November. Co-convening the technical session “Future of the Past: Risk Mapping, Communication & Community Resilience” with Dr Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco. #DCTAbuDhabi

We have a new paper out reporting on the remote-sensing survey of c.10k sites in the west Nafud region of north Saudi Arabia and southern Jordan, including the identification of a damaged fortified complex and hinterland features south of Tabuk👉🏻 doi.org/10.3390/heri... @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social

Want to study #archaeology at graduate level in #Oxford? Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree. Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...

Our team @arcdurham.bsky.social in Erbil with colleagues from the General Directorate of Heritage & Museums, developing a national heritage database to support the protection & sustainable management of the KRI's rich cultural heritage -they also tested the Amal in Heritage app for site assessment.

📣'Reporting Heritage Destruction' just published by Endangered Cultural Heritage of the Global South (ECHGS) Hub. Exploring how cultural heritage destruction is reported - asking who reports, what is reported, how, and with what consequences. #openaccess www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...

Excited to launch our draft policy on Cultural Heritage & Climate Change in Jordan with Petra National Trust. It sets regional standard for sustainability & draws on studies from WH Sites: Petra, Jericho, As-Salt, & Baptism Site. English: zenodo.org/records/1725... Arabic: zenodo.org/records/1730...

Our team are just back from fieldwork in SE #Jordan! They were east of Bayir looking at a series of #Roman camps we first identified on satellite imagery in 2022. Look out for news of this survey in our future posts. @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @cbrl.bsky.social @robertbewley.bsky.social

📣📣 This Saturday 6th September EAMENA features on Bettany Hughes show on Channel 4 about the Nabataeans, which features flights with our Bob Bewley over the Roman camps we identified in SE Jordan. www.channel4.com/programmes/b... For our original research paper:👇🏻 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣📣 Our Bill Finlayson & fellow archaeologists help to uncover the mystery of the hundreds of 'desert kites' stretching across the Arabian desert. Find out who built these megastructures, the purpose they served & the ingenious discovery that was unearthed...👇🏻 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

📣📣 We are holding an online event on Digital Heritage & the Global South on 15 July looking AI & the value & challenges it presents. Registration is FREE - please follow 🔗👉🏻 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/92c52c... More info found👇🏻 www.arch.ox.ac.uk/echgs-hub-0#... @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social

Members of our team will be at the #ICAANE conference in #Lyon #France this week. Their papers will cover: the weaponisation of #heritage; new research in #Iraq; a satellite survey of the #Syrian desert; and excavations in the north #Jordan Valley. Find more info here 👇🏻https://14icaane.inviteo.fr/

Scroll through for our latest update on #heritage places and link to our #EAMENA #Database!! 👇🏻👇🏻 database.eamena.org @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social

Our Australian followers can currently watch a documentary on the Nabataeans (hopefully broadcasting in the UK soon) that includes flights over the Roman camps we identified in SE #Jordan back in 2023: www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-... For our original research paper: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A new collection of papers in honour of Prof David Kennedy includes a chapter by our Michael Fradley on the pioneering aerial mapping of eastern #Jordan in 1931 which included the recording of archaeological features. Find it: ➡ sydneyuniversitypress.com/products/189...

📣 Our work with Palestinian colleagues in monitoring heritage damage in #Gaza is mentioned as part of an article out in @theguardian.com:👇🏻 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social

📣 A new article in 'The Art Newspaper' covers our work supporting Palestinian colleagues documenting conflict damage to heritage sites across the Gaza Strip: 👇🏻 www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/10/g...

📣 Our Mohamed Kenawi has written a blog about EAMENA's 10 years documenting #endangered archaeology in the MENA region. There are now around 370,000 recorded heritage places in the EAMENA database. #CulturalHeritage #protectheritage Read all about it here👇🏻 peoplingthepast.com/2025/02/21/b...

📣 Read our Bill Finlayson & Bijan Rouhani's recent article which reassesses heritage values in the context of conflicts and diverse societies & calls for equitable preservation practices that respect diverse identities and memories associated with heritage sites. repositori.udl.cat/server/api/c...

📣 Learn how to protect endangered archaeology with remote sensing! Join our free online course & master satellite imagery techniques to identify & safeguard heritage sites. Enroll now! Available in 4 languages: 👇🏻 #English & #Arabic ENGLISH: tinyurl.com/2s4zyycp ARABIC: tinyurl.com/4ybf9p5e

Our @bijanrouhani.bsky.social & his late colleague Farad Nazari look at how dam construction has damaged #Iran's archaeological sites & suggest cultural heritage policies that could lead to more sustainable development that preserve Iran’s rich cultural heritage. www.apicelibri.it/HandlerObjec...

📣 Our @mfradley.bsky.social is researching a large collection of photos taken by the @royalairforce.bsky.social on the #Palestine Front in 1918, held at the Australian War Memorial, to understand heritage loss & landscape change in the Jordan Valley. Read about it here👇🏻: eamena.org/article/unde...

Read our @mfradley.bsky.social recent article in the Commonwealth Heritage Forum newsletter which looks at the potential of the UK's global collection of aerial photography for understanding how landscapes have changed. Scroll down to the 3rd article: www.commonwealthheritage.org/december-new...

📣 Student volunteers from @arcdurham.bsky.social are using satellite imagery & historic aerial photography to assess the condition of Samarra, an #endangered World Heritage Site in #Iraq and sharing results with collaborators in SBAH to help future protection initiatives. Read all about it here👇🏻

It's our 10 year anniversary! We thank Bob Bewley, David Kennedy & Andrew Wilson our co-founders, @ox.ac.uk for supporting us, Arcadia & the British Council for backing us, all our colleagues past & present who joined us, and our partners in the MENA region whom we have worked & collaborated with!

The workshop "Integrating Cultural Heritage into Climate Policies in the Middle East," was held under patronage of Her Highness Princess Dana Firas of #Jordan. Policy proposals developed key recommendations for embedding cultural heritage within national climate change policies in the MENA region.

Our colleagues @archanchistleic.bsky.social have developed an #EAMENA Machine Learning Automated Change Detection (MLACD) tool for monitoring disturbances & threats to archaeological sites. Read about their case study conducted at Bani Walid in #Libya here👇👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our team held a Publication & Archaeological DAta Workshop at #Oxford with our colleagues from #Palestine's Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities & #Jordan's Department of Antiquities to address scholarly inequalities and support our database contributors to publish their data in research & data papers.

Our @mfradley.bsky.social and @bill-finlayson.bsky.social explaining how #archaeologists are documenting the damage to #Gaza’s cultural heritage.

Our @bill-finlayson.bsky.social and Jehad Yasin, Director of Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities, Palestine at the wonderful #Stonehenge this morning. @englishheritage.bsky.social @visitstonehenge.bsky.social @oxsocsci.bsky.social

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📣📣Read about our work in @uk.theconversation.com about how #EAMENA is working with our #Palestinian partners to document the damage to #Gaza’s #cultural #heritage & providing a list of heritage sites for future management of the historic environment. 👇🏻👇🏻 theconversation.com/gazas-cultur...

Our colleagues @archanchistleic.bsky.social, held a workshop for DoA Libyan heritage professionals on using EAMENA's Machine Learning techniques to monitor climate change impacts on archaeological sites. After the team applied these skills in the Fazzan region. #Heritage #ClimateChange #Archaeology

Our Thomas Huet recently co-organised a 'Documenting Coptic Monastic Heritage' workshop in Alexandria, Egypt. It focused on Coptic monastic heritage & best practices in #cultural #heritage #data #management. Organised by Center for Coptic Studies @ Bibliotheca Alexandrina & University of Ljubljana.

We are very saddened to hear of the passing of our colleague and member of our Advisory Board, Professor Lord Colin Renfrew. He was inordinately helpful and supportive behind the scenes when @eamena.bsky.social began in 2015. We extend our warmest sympathies to his family and friends.

Hi BlueSky! We are EAMENA based @universityofoxford.bsky.social, University of Durham & @archanchistleic.bsky.social. We use remote sensing technologies to record & map #endangered #archaeology & #heritage data in the MENA region in our #database. Follow us to discover more about what we do!