La acción contra el cuadro de Balfour es similar a las que se han llevado a cabo contra estatuas de confederados, conquistadores y esclavistas. Cinco cosas:->

"an apolitical archaeology is a dangerous academic myth." -Christopher Tilley (1989) Rest in peace Chris.

24 diagrams later, our marathon record of a stapled chhot boat, built by the Mondal family (West Bengal), is near completion: photos, video, text, 3D photogrammetry & these drawings. Big up 2 Swarup Bhattacharyya & @sail_with_the_sinbad 4 their expertise/endurance! Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

ECPS is excited to announce the 'Shireen Abu Akleh MA Scholarship in Palestine Studies', in memory of Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian journalist who worked for Al Jazeera PR! 🇵🇸 For further details and how to apply, check out link below: exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/… #ExeterIAIS

First Call for Papers: Indian Ocean World Archaeology conference, 12-13 December 2024. We are delighted to invite you to the Department of Archaeology, University of York, for the third instalment of the IOW-ARCH conference. Abstract deadline 1 June 2024. iow-arch.com/abstract-submi…

Looking forward to this session on career diversity in Islamic Art with @Yael_Rice - April 17 via Zoom!

Have a read of one of Hannah Parsons-Morgan's doctoral case studies: Hannah Parsons-Morgan, 2023, Chinese Ceramic Consumption in Medieval Ethiopia: An Archaeological Perspective On ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/37… OR here: academia.edu/102653751/Chin… via Academia

An ancient city dug up in the UAE links the country to its rich past thenationalnews.com/opinion/editor…

Zayed National Museum recreates Magan Boat in partnership with Zayed University and New York University Abu Dhabi via @admediaoffice— mediaoffice.abudhabi/en/arts-cultur…

Archaeologists led by Professor Timothy Insoll from Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) have uncovered one of the earliest Christian buildings in the Arabian Gulf – the first physical evidence of a long-lost community news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-hum…

Professor Timothy Insoll from Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) spoke to BBC Radio 4 Sunday about how he helped to uncover one of the earliest Christian buildings in the Arabian Gulf – the first physical evidence of a long-lost community bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

"'Once Israel has wiped out Gaza,' Azhari asked me, 'will your media pay attention to what’s happening here?'" On archaeology as a proxy in the battle over Sebastia/Samaria and the West Bank thedriftmag.com/in-ruins/

The Baptist Hospital in Gaza. Current ruins for future archaeologists? by Mazen Iwaisi, a Palestinian archaeologist whose work is focused on the geopolitics of Palestinian archaeology practice and theory | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Congratulations to Professor Timothy Insoll of Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) and IslamicArchaeology who has been awarded an #OBE in the #NewYearsHonoursList news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-hum…

📢Job📢 Post-Doc Research Fellow The University of Edinburgh 3 YR F/T £43,878 Leverhulme Trust-funded project: ‘Weaponised Pasts: The Evolution Of Heritage-based Hostility On Social Media’ Researching the cultural evolution of archaeological information #archaeology jobs.ac.uk/job/DLZ921/pos…

Wonderful Open Access article on Ethiopian Qur'an manuscripts from Harar by Sana Mirza: 'From Harar to Diu: Circulation and Reception of a Qur’anic Manuscript across the Indian Ocean' journal18.org/19-africa/from…

Really interesting read! A note on the archaeological evidence cited. Mirza writes that excavations show the modern city dates to the 16th century. Actually, the excavations were carried out in & around mosques in the old city & C14 dates do not predates 16th c.

The 16th century is when Harar became the capital of the Adal Sultanate, and also coincides with the building of the djugol, the city wall, and the earliest Harari manuscripts. #Ethiopia #EthiopianArt #Harar #AfricanArchaeology #AfricanHistory #IslamicArchaeology #IslamicArt