Middle East

Projects in Middle East

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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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El Kharayeb Lebanon

El Kharayeb, Lebanon

The archaeological mission in the localities of Kharayeb and Adloun located on the South-Lebanon coast is a joint Lebanese and Italian multidisciplinary mission to study the c…

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Honor Frost Foundation Scholarships

Support for developing education at Masters, Doctoral and Post Doctoral levels is offered by the Honor Frost Foundation in conjunction with a variety of international academic…

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Conserving the Maritime Heritage of Syria (Emma Cunliffe)

Conflict in Syria has meant that the important collections at the Aleppo National Museum are at extreme risk, the aim of this project is to offer training to staff at the muse…

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