Looking forward to presenting some of the recent research undertaken on #Soqotra #Yemen #CulturalHeritage

SAVE THE DATE - Wednesday 31 May - 4 pm CET Join us to learn more about the unique #cultural #heritage of Soqotra uni-frankfurt.zoom.us/j/68963263975?… @SoqotraHeritage

This year Moesgaard Museum and Aarhus University have been engaged in Arabian Archaeology for 70 years - and we are still going strong! To mark this milestone occasion we host an international conference Aug. 4-6 with participants from around 25 countries.conferences.au.dk/56th-seminar-f…

In case you missed it you can now find our Ahmed Alorqbi - Soqotri @SoqotraHeritage talk about Soqotra, Yemen and it's amazing cultural heritage that we have been documenting over the past decade on the #ARWA YouTube site. youtu.be/LRGGZLUwtnk

Ready to welcome everyone to the Seminar for Arabian Studies #Moesgaard #Aarhus

Just published the results of the first season of the Islamic Fortifications Project on Soqotra. #islamic #fortifications #Archaeology #socotra #soqotra @SoqotraHeritage Ahmed Alorqbi - Soqotri The IASA

Fantastic to see the @SoqotraHeritage and Ahmed Alorqbi - Soqotri working on outreach at one of Soqotra’s first protected cultural heritage sites. Glad to have been part of getting this important site protected Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

After unprecedented heavy rains and flooding on #Soqotra last week we are witnessing the damaging effects this is having on the island’s built heritage #ClimatEmergency #mosques #Islamic #heritage

Over the hills and far away. This year’s archaeological fieldwork adventures on Soqotra are in one of the more remote regions of the island.

Proud to be involved in this hugely important project and see this important rock art site finally get the recognition it deserves.

البدء بالعمل في مشروع توثيق #الرسوم الصخرية #سقطرى موقع اريوش للرسوم الصخرية في سقطرى وهو أكبر موقع للرسوم الصخرية في الجزيرة

🚨New paper alert! We report #ancientDNA data from 39 people who lived on island of #Soqotra 650-1750CE and provide new evidence that there was not complete population replacement between the Pleistocene and Holocene throughout the Arabian Peninsula (1/n). nature.com/articles/s4155…

Medieval DNA from Soqotra points to Eurasian origins of an isolated population at the crossroads of Africa and Arabia rdcu.be/dx91L

All you might want to know about Soqotra during Antiquity. My contribution is now published in the Thematic Dictionary of Ancient Arabia. ancientarabia.huma-num.fr/dictionary/sea…

Attending the Rock Art Research conference Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin to present our work on using LiDAR to record rock art on Soqotra as part of our ALIPH Foundation funded rock art project. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Out now my chapter in the Oxford Handbook for Island and Coastal Archaeology. And it’s #OpenAccess #Archaeology #island #coast   "Exchange Systems and Interaction in Ancient Island and Coastal Settings"   academic.oup.com/edited-volume/…

Thanks again to everyone involved Kendra Sirak @SoqotraHeritage Ahmed Alorqbi - Soqotri and all the Soqotra people who were so kind to have agreed to be part of this project

Calling all rock art researchers! Join our session at the CAA International next year in #Athens #Greece. 2025.caaconference.org/call-for-paper… S44: Digital and computational methods in the studies of rock art and ancient art: beyond tracing the past.

I am very pleased to share that I have been voted in as Expert Member for the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for Rock Art. A great opportunity to be part of a wider narrative to ensure rock art is given the importance it deserves. ICOMOS

Goodbye X, if you want to continue knowing what I am doing I will see you on bluesky bsky.app/profile/julian…