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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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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣📣 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...

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Sep 4

📣📣 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...

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Jun 19

📣📣 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#...

@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Jun 12

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/

EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · May 29

Scroll through for our latest update on #heritage places and link to our #EAMENA #Database!! 👇🏻👇🏻
database.eamena.org

@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@arcdurham.bsky.social
@archanchistleic.bsky.social

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · May 13

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...

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · May 6

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...

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Mar 17

📣 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...

@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social

The Pasha Palace seen in 2022 and again on 5 January 2024. Getty Images

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Mar 13

📣 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)

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Mar 10

📣 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...

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Mar 4

📣 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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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Mar 3

Enroll now! #Farsi & #French 👇🏻
FARSI: tinyurl.com/4ezwemfa
FRENCH: tinyurl.com/ybumt2au

#culturalheritage #ProtectHeritage #Archaeology #RemoteSensing #MENA

@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Mar 3

📣 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

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Feb 24

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.

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Feb 20

📣 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

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Feb 19

Read our @mfradley.bsky.social recent article in the Commonwealth Heritage Forum newsletter which looks at the potential of the UK's global collection of aerial photography for understanding how landscapes have changed. Scroll down to the 3rd article: www.commonwealthheritage.org/december-new...

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Feb 18

📣 Student volunteers from @arcdurham.bsky.social are using satellite imagery & historic aerial photography to assess the condition of Samarra, an #endangered World Heritage Site in #Iraq and sharing results with collaborators in SBAH to help future protection initiatives. Read all about it here👇🏻

EAMENA Volunteering – Assessing the Condition of Samarra, an Endangered World Heritage Site in Iraq

eamena.org

EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Jan 7

It's our 10 year anniversary! We thank Bob Bewley, David Kennedy & Andrew Wilson our co-founders, @ox.ac.uk for supporting us, Arcadia & the British Council for backing us, all our colleagues past & present who joined us, and our partners in the MENA region whom we have worked & collaborated with!

Some of the original team at EAMENA in 2015.

EAMENA Team conducting training to MENA heritage professionals in Amman in December 2022.

EAMENA Team conducting training to MENA heritage professionals in Tunis in November 2019.

MENA heritage professionals celebrating completion of training in Tunis 2019.

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Dec 16

The workshop "Integrating Cultural Heritage into Climate Policies in the Middle East," was held under patronage of Her Highness Princess Dana Firas of #Jordan. Policy proposals developed key recommendations for embedding cultural heritage within national climate change policies in the MENA region.

Integrating Cultural Heritage into Climate Policies in the Middle East Workshop in Jordan with Petra National Trust. Funded by AHRC.

Jehad Yasin, Director, MOTA at Integrating Cultural Heritage into Climate Policies in the Middle East Workshop in Jordan with Petra National Trust. Funded by AHRC.

Left to Right: E. Eng. Mohammad Habahbeh Commissioner of Infrastructure of the Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority (PDTRA), Her Highness Princess Dana Firas of Jordan. Cultural Heritage into Climate Policies in the Middle East Workshop in Jordan with Petra National Trust. Funded by AHRC.

Left to right: Bijan Rouhani, Her Highness Princess Dana Firas of Jordan, & Bill Finlayson at Cultural Heritage into Climate Policies in the Middle East Workshop in Jordan with Petra National Trust. Funded by AHRC.

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Dec 6

Our colleagues @archanchistleic.bsky.social have developed an #EAMENA Machine Learning Automated Change Detection (MLACD) tool for monitoring disturbances & threats to archaeological sites. Read about their case study conducted at Bani Walid in #Libya here👇👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Study area of Bani Walid located in the north-west of Libya; where 211 archaeological sites recorded in the EAMENA database were monitored using the EAMENA Machine Learning Automated Change Detection (EAMENA MLACD).

Urban expansion detected at site EAMENA-0087052. Images (a)–(f): High-resolution images from Google Earth showing the construction activity between 2009 and 2024; (g) classification time series at location (P); (h) Image of a newly built house in the north side of the site in February 2024.

EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Dec 4

Our team held a Publication & Archaeological DAta Workshop at #Oxford with our colleagues from #Palestine's Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities & #Jordan's Department of Antiquities to address scholarly inequalities and support our database contributors to publish their data in research & data papers.

From left to right: Ahmad Marafi (Jordan DoA), Sufyan Deis (Palestine MOTA), Bijan Rouhani (EAMENA/Oxford), Jehad Yasin (Director General, MOTA Palestine), Bill Finlayson (Director EAMENA), Thomas Huet (EAMENA/Oxford), Hana Lafi (Jordan DOA), Mariam Ibrahim (Jordan DOA).

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Dec 4

Our @mfradley.bsky.social and @bill-finlayson.bsky.social explaining how #archaeologists are documenting the damage to #Gaza’s cultural heritage.

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · Dec 4

'We can confidently estimate that around 50% of heritage sites in the Gaza Strip have been damaged, with many structures near-demolished.'

Dr Michael Fradley & Dr Bill Finlayson explain how archaeologists are documenting the damage to Gaza's cultural heritage ⬇️
theconversation.com/gazas-cultur...

Gaza’s cultural heritage has been devastated by the conflict with Israel – this is how we’re documenting the damage

Around 50% of heritage sites in the Gaza Strip have been damaged, with many structures near-demolished.

theconversation.com

EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Dec 3

Our @bill-finlayson.bsky.social and Jehad Yasin, Director of Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities, Palestine at the wonderful
#Stonehenge this morning.
@englishheritage.bsky.social @visitstonehenge.bsky.social
@oxsocsci.bsky.social

Jehad Yasin, Director Ministry of Tourism and Antiquity, Palestine (MOTA), and Bill Finlayson, Director, EAMENA at Stonehenge.

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Oxford Social Sciences Division @socsci.ox.ac.uk · Nov 27

🦋🎓 Welcome! It's great to have you here 🎓 🦋

We've created a starter pack for all Oxford's Social Sciences departments to make it easier for anyone to follow them all👇

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · Nov 28

Thank you! Don’t forget to follow and share. 🙏🏻