@EAMENA123

Project @UniofOxford @school_of_arch @uniofleicester @durham_uni using remote sensing technologies to record & map #endangered #archaeology in MENA region

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📢 We are pausing posting on X. However, you can continue to find out what EAMENA are up to on Instagram, Facebook and our new account at Bluesky. Do join and follow us there.👇🏻 bsky.app/profile/eamena.bsky…
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Our colleagues @ArcDurham & University of al-Qadisiyah in Iraq have used declassified spy satellite images to help locate the lost site of a famous early Islamic battle, #Battleofalqadisiyyah which took place in 637/8AD. Find out more👇🏻cambridge.org/core/journals/… @AntiquityJ
Map showing the newly discovered location of al-‘Udhayb and al-Qadisiyyah in southwest Iraq - as well as the wall/canal linking the two sites - and the likely location of the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah.

ALT Map showing the newly discovered location of al-‘Udhayb and al-Qadisiyyah in southwest Iraq - as well as the wall/canal linking the two sites - and the likely location of the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah.

Annotated KH9 spy satellite imagery from 1974 showing al-Qadisiyyah, a Sasanian fortress to the south, the defensive ditch and the likely location of the battlefield according to historical accounts - between these features and an old Euphrates River channel.

ALT Annotated KH9 spy satellite imagery from 1974 showing al-Qadisiyyah, a Sasanian fortress to the south, the defensive ditch and the likely location of the battlefield according to historical accounts - between these features and an old Euphrates River channel.

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Announcing our @ahrcpress project with @PNTJordan which is pioneering the integration of cultural heritage and climate policy in Jordan, home to several World Heritage sites, to create a platform for developing a national policy. Read all about it 👇🏻eamena.org/article/integrati…
Baptism Site

ALT Baptism Site

Petra

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📣📣 Initial results are in of a remote sensing survey to identify archaeological sites along a segment of the #Afghanistan section of our #TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline project with @iconem. Read the #casestudy here 👇🏻👇🏻 eamena.web.ox.ac.uk/case-stu…
Assessed archaeological sites along the TAPI pipeline. Note sites are only shown on the pipeline segment studied.

ALT Assessed archaeological sites along the TAPI pipeline. Note sites are only shown on the pipeline segment studied.

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Have you got the passion and knowledge to be our new Researcher and Database Manager and join our team in the @school_of_arch? APPLY NOW: Deadline- noon, 4 Nov, 2024👇👇 arch.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies#… #archaeologyjobs #postdocposition #endangeredarchaeology #GitHub #python #JSON #linux

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Yesterday, our Ahmed Buzaian & @Ahmed_MAMahmoud, w/ Muftah Ahmed, presented at @TheEES conference on #ClimateChange & #HeritageAdaptation showcasing the @EAMENA123 Machine Learning Automated Change Detection tool for heritage monitoring & the results of fieldwork in Libya.
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Our @michael_fradley will be speaking tomorrow morning, Thursday 12 September at the Aerial Archaeology Research Group (AARG) in #York on our work monitoring #heritage damage in #conflict zones aargonline.com/wp/events/aar…
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📣📣📣Come and join our Arches Cultural Heritage Partners' Hackathon 2024 at 1700 (UK) on Wednesday 28th August. Either in person to Seminar Room, Institute of Archaeology, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford or join via MS Teams - link here👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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New #Jordan school book on 'Jordanian Prehistory' written by Profs @zeidan_kafafi & @MaysoonNahar & Dr @KhassawnehSahar. Sahar's co-PIs, our @Bill_Finlayson & Sam Smith from Oxford Brookes sponsored the publication! "الأردن في عصور ما قبل التاريخ" drive.google.com/file/d/1uzG…
Authors of "Rewriting the Prehistory of Jordan" book: Profs Zeidan Kafafi (left) & Maysoon Nahar (right), and Dr Sahar Khassawneh (not pictured). Books sponsors: Bill Finlayson (2nd left) and Sam Smith (2nd right).

ALT Authors of "Rewriting the Prehistory of Jordan" book: Profs Zeidan Kafafi (left) & Maysoon Nahar (right), and Dr Sahar Khassawneh (not pictured). Books sponsors: Bill Finlayson (2nd left) and Sam Smith (2nd right).

"Rewriting the Prehistory of Jordan" publication.

ALT "Rewriting the Prehistory of Jordan" publication.

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Our data is being used as part of analysis of cultural heritage damage in #Gaza by @bellingcat + @scrippsnews. Their use of VHR #satellite imagery was enabled in part by @EAMENA123's earlier work advocating reform of the Kyl-Bingaman Amendment #kba 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 bellingcat.com/news/2024/06/…
Gaza cultural heritage sites damaged or destroyed.

ALT Gaza cultural heritage sites damaged or destroyed.

Gaza cemeteries damaged or destroyed.

ALT Gaza cemeteries damaged or destroyed.

Gaza cultural heritage sites in area of Al Shati Oct 2023.

ALT Gaza cultural heritage sites in area of Al Shati Oct 2023.

Gaza cultural heritage sites damaged or destroyed.

ALT Gaza cultural heritage sites damaged or destroyed.

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In partnership with @school_of_arch, @ArcDurham and @ArchAncHistLeic, we are delighted to announce a new 3-year grant of 2.2 million from @ArcadiaFund to support the continuation of the EAMENA project. Read all about our future plans and impact here:👇🏻👇🏻 twtr.to/-HnFj
EAMENA database with over 380,000 records.

ALT EAMENA database with over 380,000 records.

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Our colleagues @ArchAncHistLeic held a 4 day workshop for Libyan heritage professionals under a collaboration scheme with the Department of Antiquities. This introduced Automated Change Detection techniques focused on monitoring land-surface changes & the impact of climate change
Training Workshop held in person and online.

ALT Training Workshop held in person and online.

Fieldwork with recording in progress.

ALT Fieldwork with recording in progress.

Landscape at Derne, South Libya.

ALT Landscape at Derne, South Libya.

Fieldwork with recording in progress.

ALT Fieldwork with recording in progress.

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Directly following the training, the DoA team started a ten-day fieldwork project applying the skills learned during the workshop to validate and record the impact of climate change on certain archaeological sites in the South Derna region, recently hit by Storm Daniel.
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Read our latest blog where our @michael_fradley discusses the continuing issue of open-access #satellite imagery over #Gaza, and the clear discrepancy of availability on @googleearth compared to other parts of the #mena region👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 eamena.org/article/endangere…
A composite satellite image of the south-western border of the Gaza Strip. The strip of green fields on the left of the image is dated to the 18 December 2023, while the area covering Gaza and the immediate border area has not been updated since 2022 (Source: Google Earth).

ALT A composite satellite image of the south-western border of the Gaza Strip. The strip of green fields on the left of the image is dated to the 18 December 2023, while the area covering Gaza and the immediate border area has not been updated since 2022 (Source: Google Earth).

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Exciting news - our Ishiba @ArcDurham has developed a QGIS plugin allowing users to open their QGIS map canvas location on the Corona CAST Atlas webpage to view declassified satellite imagery of the same area. Find the plugin at: github.com/ishibaro/CAST-cor… Instructions on images 😊
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On May 15th, our Bijan Rouhani moderates a panel on Documenting the Destruction of Heritage & Seeking Solutions, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Hague Convention. Hosted by @CERorganization @SmithsonianCRI & @BlueShield_Int Tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/documenting…
Documenting the Destruction of Heritage & Seeking Solutions, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Hague Convention.

ALT Documenting the Destruction of Heritage & Seeking Solutions, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the 1954 Hague Convention.

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❗ Don't forget to join us tomorrow when we will be presenting about 'Exploring the effects of Climate Change and Coastal Erosion on the Maritime Heritage of Libya' @ ASOR CHI Symposium: Cultural Heritage Initiatives in Africa Today❗ asor.org/news/2024/03/cultur…

ASOR CHI Symposium: Cultural Heritages Initiatives in Africa Today

ASOR CHI proudly announces Cultural Heritages Initiatives in Africa Today, a free three-day symposium that highlights the work of local heritage professionals, academics, and civil society organiza...

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Last month members of our Leicester team, Prof David Mattingly & @n_sheldrick were in southern Morocco with the Oasis Civilisation project, a collaboration between @ArchAncHistLeic, @UCLarchaeology, @INSAP_Rabat and the @ERC_Research funded #EverydayIslam project.
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📢Check out our newest open-access paper by @BijanRouhani & Thomas Huet on the historical landscape of Sistan in #Iran & #Afghanistan. They introduce the EAMENA dataset for assessing environmental impact on #culturalheritage in this region. @school_of_arch doi.org/10.5334/joad.123
Snapshot of the EAMENA Heritage fields (n = 98) with the Minimum Data Standards (MDS) fields highlighted in darker colours with thumbs up. In cases where supplementary information beyond the minimum standards was available, such as the Heritage Place Type, it has been duly documented.

ALT Snapshot of the EAMENA Heritage fields (n = 98) with the Minimum Data Standards (MDS) fields highlighted in darker colours with thumbs up. In cases where supplementary information beyond the minimum standards was available, such as the Heritage Place Type, it has been duly documented.

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📢EAMENA has developed an automatic change detection (ACD) system using @GoogleEarthEng (GEE) to keep track of the destruction of cultural heritage in #Gaza - read all about what it shows about the damage in our latest blog post👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 eamena.org/eamena-blog-0 #Protectheritage
Change detected in the Gaza Strip between the 9th of January 2024 and August 2023 from Sentinel-1 SAR imagery.

ALT Change detected in the Gaza Strip between the 9th of January 2024 and August 2023 from Sentinel-1 SAR imagery.

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