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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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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Nov 22
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!
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Remote-sensing assessment of Gaza's heritage shows the devastating impact of systematic demolition of #Gaza City's eastern Shejaiya area as recently as December, incl. west of the Yellow Line. This area has the highest density of documented historic structures outside the centre of Gaza City.
A satellite image of the Shejaiya suburb of Gaza City taken on 2 December showing partial damage of the area from earlier in the conflict (Source: Planet). A satellite image of the Shejaiya suburb of Gaza City taken on 13 December showing widespread demolition that had taken place since 2 December (Source: Planet).
February 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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📣 📣 Our new paper on the discovery of a 'lost' Persian Garden in #Tabriz #Iran using aerial photographs taken during the Second World War has just been published #OpenAccess in @antiquity.ac.uk. Read it here👇🏻
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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A 1941 aerial photograph of the Persian Garden site. A schematic drawing of the visible features of the Persian Garden site.
January 30, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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📣📣We are delighted to share a new series of training videos on #EAMENA’s Machine Learning Automated Change Detection (MLACD) heritage monitoring tool. 💫

You can watch the full series on the EAMENA YouTube channel here👇🏻

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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EAMENA MLACD - YouTube
The EAMENA machine learning automated change detection (EAMENA MLACD) is a tool developed by EAMENA researchers to rapidly monitor the changes and threats at...
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January 28, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Our Bijan Rouhani is delivering an online lecture for @cbrl.bsky.social this Wednesday 19th November. Register here: 👇🏻👇🏻🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5CFHlFXNTDuMCxgZnVSU5A#/registration
cbrl.bsky.social CBRL - Council for British Research in the Levant @cbrl.bsky.social · Nov 5
What does an ethical future for digital heritage look like? 🌍
Join Dr. Bijan Rouhani (Oxford, EAMENA) for “Beyond Digitisation” — a lecture on AI, ethics & sustainability in heritage.

🔹 19 Nov 2025
🔹 6 PM Amman | 3 PM UK
🔹 Online ( Zoom)
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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📣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
Digital Heritage Forum 2025, hosted by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi Digital Heritage Forum 2025, hosted by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi Panel of Dr Bijan Rouhani (Oxford University), Dr Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco (University of Essex), Bernadette Devilat (University of Nottingham), Anwar Sabik (ICCROM Sharjah), Sophie Abraham (ALIPH), and Michelle Mumbi Gathigi (Spatial Collective Limited).
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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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
November 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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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...
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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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.
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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📣'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...
'Reporting Heritage Destruction' just published by Endangered Cultural Heritage of the Global South (ECHGS), University of Oxford
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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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...
'Recommendations for a Cultural Heritage and Climate Change Policy in Jordan' Publication General view of As Salt World Heritage Site. Photo by H. Abedalhaleem The Cultural Hub Bayt Yaish - Petra National Trust, Amman, Jordan Her Royal Highness Princess Dana Firas, President of PNT, at launch of Cultural Heritage and Climate Change Policy Publication
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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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.

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October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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📣📣 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...
September 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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📣📣 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...
September 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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📣📣 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#...

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June 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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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/
Reporting Heritage Destruction ICAANE Conference in Lyon, France ICAANE Conference
June 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Scroll through for our latest update on #heritage places and link to our #EAMENA #Database!! 👇🏻👇🏻
database.eamena.org

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May 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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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...
May 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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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...
May 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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📣 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...

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The Pasha Palace seen in 2022 and again on 5 January 2024. Getty Images
March 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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📣 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...
A satellite image taken on 11 November 2023 showing damage to the historic core of Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip (Source: Airbus via Google Earth)
March 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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📣 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...
March 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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📣 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.
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Unesco World Heritage Sites
March 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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📣 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
futurelearn.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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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...
An example of a heritage site at Seimareh Dam. Top June 2008, bottom November 2011. Images © Google Earth.
February 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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📣 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...
Understanding Heritage Loss and Landscape Change in the Jordan Valley through Legacy Aerial Photography
eamena.org
February 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM