Project across @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social at @ox.ac.uk, @arcdurham.bsky.social, and @archanchistleic.bsky.social using remote sensing technologies to record & map #endangered #archaeology in the MENA region in our database
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#Satellite images show further damage to the Commonwealth war cemetery in #Gaza. Between 5th and 16th April 2026 a bulldozed track was cut, covering the S. wall and part of the cemetery. This is symptomatic of continued damage to land and buildings across the occupied Red Zone. Source: Planet Labs.
Our Bijan Rouhani discusses whether cultural heritage has become a victim of the war in Iran.
Watch the interview on BBC Arabic 🔗
www.bbc.com/arabic/artic...
Our discovery of a series of Roman camps in SE Jordan is subject of episode 10 of the CBRL's Learning from the Past podcast. Featuring former director Bob Bewley & CBRL's Firas Bqa'in talking about the identification of sites & subsequent aerial survey & field survey. 🔗
www.cbrl.ac.uk/media-listing/
Our latest work shows how #Sentinel1 radar + #OpenStreetMap can track damage to urban heritage in near real-time during the conflict in #Iran.
Focusing on #Tehran, #Isfahan, #Kermanshah & #Sanandaj, results highlight Tehran’s historic core is at greatest risk.
Read more 🔗 eamena.org/eamena-blog-0
Our Iraqi colleagues, Professor Zainalabideen Aljaafar, Dr Aqeel Ghalib Al-Khrayfawee, & Dr Jaafar Jotheri visited EAMENA’s Leicester team to present their work documenting the destruction of archaeological sites in Iraq. They also met Leicester’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Nishan Canagarajah.
Our new report on satellite imagery assessment of damage to heritage sites in the Gaza Strip is online. This analysis records widespread damage across the territory & lists only 100 of the 524 sites listed on the EAMENA database as being in a ‘Good’ or ‘Fair’ condition. 🔗
eamena.org/article/remo...
Book Launch: Reporting Heritage Destruction
5-6pm Thursday 5th March
Guest Speakers: Prof Cécile Fabre, Prof Faisal Devji, Dr Bill Finlayson, Dr Bijan Rouhani & Dr Tim Clack
@1 South parks Road, School of Archaeology
Download Free 🔗
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
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We recently welcomed colleagues from Iraq, Professor Zainalabideen Aljaafar, Dr Aqeel Ghalib Al-Khrayfawee, and Dr Jaafar Jotheri who presented their work documenting the destruction of archaeological sites by al-Qaeda and ISIS.
Read about it here 🔗
www.arch.ox.ac.uk/article/spec...
Our Bijan Rouhani contributes to article @aljazeera.com on how #Iran’s cultural heritage is being affected in current conflict. Reports suggest damage to several historic sites, incl Golestan Palace & Naqsh-e Jahan Square, both #UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Read 🔗
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...
Our team were at #BANEA2026 at UCL, presenting papers on Sassanian frontier and pilgrimage routes in Iraq, knowledge production in the Neolithic, large-scale survey results in the Syrian Desert & contributing to a workshop on climate change and sustainability.
www.banea-lcane.co.uk/banea-2026
