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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · 10d

▶️ New on the PEF YouTube Channel!

Looking West: Assyria in the Levant in the Times of Adad-nerari III — a lecture by Dr John MacGinnis.

👉 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksZP...

🔔 Subscribe to the PEF channel for more lectures!

Looking West: Assyria in the Levant in the Times of Adad-nerari III

YouTube video by Palestine Exploration Fund

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Sep 3

A reminder that the event is tomorrow! 👇

Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Aug 21

📢 September event at the PEF!

Join us for:
"Hold the Line: Byzantine Archaeology in Colonial Palestine 1800–1948" with Daniel Reynolds

🗓️ Thursday 4th September 2025
🕕 6pm
📍 5–6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP

✍️ RSVP by emailing [email protected]

#Byzantine #Archaeology #Palestine #PEF

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Aug 21

📢 September event at the PEF!

Join us for:
"Hold the Line: Byzantine Archaeology in Colonial Palestine 1800–1948" with Daniel Reynolds

🗓️ Thursday 4th September 2025
🕕 6pm
📍 5–6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP

✍️ RSVP by emailing [email protected]

#Byzantine #Archaeology #Palestine #PEF

Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Jun 14

⏱️ A reminder that the event is this Thursday! Details below 👇

Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Jun 7

📢 June Event coming up at the PEF!

"Rethinking Preservation: Diversifying Engagement with the Middle East's Material Past," with Mirjam Brusius.

🗓️ 19th June, 2025
🕕 6pm
📍 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP

RSVP by emailing [email protected] ✍️

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Jun 7

📢 June Event coming up at the PEF!

"Rethinking Preservation: Diversifying Engagement with the Middle East's Material Past," with Mirjam Brusius.

🗓️ 19th June, 2025
🕕 6pm
📍 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP

RSVP by emailing [email protected] ✍️

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · May 20

A reminder regarding the PEF event this Thursday!

"Lessons Learned? Looting, Loss & Landscape at an Early Bronze Age Site, Jordan," with Morag M. Kersel.

🗓️ 22nd May, 2025
🕕 6pm
📍 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP

✍️ RSVP by emailing [email protected]

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Nathanael Vette @nathanaelvette.bsky.social · May 12

I'll be speaking at the PEF (@palexfund.bsky.social) this Thursday on some intriguing connections between the Gospel of John and Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem c.a. 130 CE). Do come along if you're in London!

King’s TRS @kcltrs.bsky.social · May 12

Explore pagan Jerusalem & a rare artefact linked to John 5:2 with Nathanael Vette (KCL) @nathanaelvette.bsky.social @palexfund.bsky.social
🎟️ Free – email [email protected] to book
🔗 www.pef.org.uk/wp-content/u...
🗓️ Thurs 15 May, 6pm
📍 PEF, Greenwich, Lond

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · May 13

Two events coming up soon at the PEF, one of them this Thursday! Details below 👇

Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Apr 29

📢 Two May events at the PEF!

1) "The Beth-Zatha Vase & The Gospel of St. John: Memories of Pagan Jerusalem," with Nathanael Vette.

2) "Lessons Learned? Looting, Loss & Landscape at an Early Bronze Age Site, Jordan," with Morag M. Kersel.

More information below 👇

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Michael Press @michaeldpress.bsky.social · May 6

How many ways can you lie in a headline?

There's an interesting archaeology story here, but not the one that's being promoted 🧵

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · May 9

A reminder that these two events at the PEF are coming up soon!

Details below 👇

Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Apr 29

📢 Two May events at the PEF!

1) "The Beth-Zatha Vase & The Gospel of St. John: Memories of Pagan Jerusalem," with Nathanael Vette.

2) "Lessons Learned? Looting, Loss & Landscape at an Early Bronze Age Site, Jordan," with Morag M. Kersel.

More information below 👇

Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Apr 29

🗓️ 15th May, 2025
🕕 6pm
📍 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP

🗓️ 22nd May, 2025
🕕 6pm
📍 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP

✍️ RSVP by emailing [email protected]

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Apr 29

📢 Two May events at the PEF!

1) "The Beth-Zatha Vase & The Gospel of St. John: Memories of Pagan Jerusalem," with Nathanael Vette.

2) "Lessons Learned? Looting, Loss & Landscape at an Early Bronze Age Site, Jordan," with Morag M. Kersel.

More information below 👇

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Apr 22

⏱️ A reminder that the event is this Thursday!

Details below 👇

Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Apr 9

📢 An April Event at the PEF! 🛤️

"Material Afterlives: The Hijaz Railway in the Post-Ottoman Landcsape," with Nikolaus Cox.

🗓️ 24th April, 2025
🕕 6pm
📍 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP

✍️ RSVP by emailing [email protected]

Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Apr 17

⏱️ A reminder that the event is next Thursday!

"Material Afterlives: The Hijaz Railway in the Post-Ottoman Landcsape," with Nikolaus Cox.

Details below 👇

Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Apr 9

📢 An April Event at the PEF! 🛤️

"Material Afterlives: The Hijaz Railway in the Post-Ottoman Landcsape," with Nikolaus Cox.

🗓️ 24th April, 2025
🕕 6pm
📍 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP

✍️ RSVP by emailing [email protected]

Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Apr 9

📢 An April Event at the PEF! 🛤️

"Material Afterlives: The Hijaz Railway in the Post-Ottoman Landcsape," with Nikolaus Cox.

🗓️ 24th April, 2025
🕕 6pm
📍 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP

✍️ RSVP by emailing [email protected]

Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Mar 26

6/ For more information about our grants, visit out website at www.pef.org.uk/about/grants/

Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Mar 26

5/ These grants, which actively support young scholars and exciting new research, are made possible by your membership and donations, for which we are truly thankful. If you wish to contribute again, please contact out administrator at [email protected]

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Mar 26

4/ Congratulations to all the successful candidates! We look forward to seeing the results of their research in our blogs, PEQ reports, and social media reports.

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Mar 26

3/ ...A Workshop on the Role of Storytelling and Technology in Public History."

Reserve: Jeffrey Cumonow, Bryn Maur College👏

"Mapping Movement and Mobility in the South Levant Reserve."

Winners to be announced for The Routledge Philip R. Davies Early Career Publication Award 2024

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Mar 26

2/ Annual Field Research Grants 2025:

Yasmin Fedda, Queen Mary University of London 👏

"To make things grow: agriculture, orphans and history in Palestine."

Alexander Wasse, Yeditepe Uni Istanbul 👏

"Desert Air Routes Project"

Anne Caldwell, University of Leeds👏

"Decolonising the Institution:...

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Mar 26

1/ We are very pleased to announce the winners of two of our three grants awards!

Joint PEF-Albright Institute Fellowship for 2025-26:

Lisa Randisi, University College London 👏

"Archaeological Ephemera in Historical Collections from Palestine and Israel."

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Mar 24

🛩️ 27th March
🕕 6pm
📍 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich SE10 9FP

✍️ RSVP by emailing [email protected]

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Mar 24

A reminder that the event is this Thursday!

"Flying High: 100 Years of Discovery & Recording Destruction from the Air in the Middle East," with Robert Bewley.

Details below 👇

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Mar 9

6/ Written on back: 'Karno. A further stage - note the string wound round the base to keep it up and the kiln in the background.' Shows women making pottery.

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Palestine Exploration Fund @palexfund.bsky.social · Mar 9

5/ Written on back: 'Ayesha making dough patterns, part of the method of applying henna to the hands.' Duwier. Presumably 1938

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