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 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.
#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.
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 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
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 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 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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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
