Middle East

Projects in Middle East

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Post conflict recovery of Urban Cultural Heritage in the Middle East: The case of Aleppo

The project focuses on studying the urban fabric of the world living heritage site of the old city of Aleppo. This trade metropolis, opulent in architectural monuments, has be…

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Interactive Heritage Map of Syria

Interactive Heritage Map of Syria

The Interactive Heritage Map of Syria seeks to document intangible aspects of heritage in Syria by documenting knowledge and collecting stories and memories from the community…

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Iraq Emergency Heritage Management Training Scheme

The Iraq Emergency Heritage Management Training Scheme (‘Iraq Scheme’) builds capacity in the Iraq State Board of Antiquities and Heritage by training over 50 of its staff in …

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Mapping the Jewish Heritage Sites of Iraq and Syria

Creating an inventory of Jewish heritage sites that remain of the ancient Jewish communities of Iraq and Syria that were largely expelled after 1948 and today are virtually no…

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Qusayr 'Amra

Qusayr ‘Amra is a bathhouse located in the eastern badiya (steppe) of Jordan. Built by the Umayyad prince Walid ibn Yazid sometime between 730 CE and 743 CE, the year when he …

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EAMENA: Documentation of Endangered Archaeological Heritage in the Middle East and North Africa

To create a database of endangered archaeological heritage in the Middle East and North Africa using satellite imagery and on the ground survey.

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CADMOS-S project

The CADMOS-S project was one of the first maritime archaeology programmes in Lebanon to use geophysical means of exploration. The project’s main objective is the detection and…

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Dive Training Lebanon

Ahead of the Nautical Archaeology Society training in Lebanon a dive course was organised by the Lebanese University of Sidon in 2017 and 2018 to prepare the course participan…

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Minor in Marine Science and Culture, American University of Beirut

The American University of Beirut (AUB) is offering a Minor in Marine Sciences and Culture, sponsored by the Honor Frost Foundation. Housed in the department of History and Ar…

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