Welcome to NEAF, a Foundation of the University of Sydney. Join us for a fascinating study of the past.
NEAF facilitates research in the archaeology of the Near East, Egypt and Cyprus, bringing the world of Near Eastern archaeology to a wider public audience.
We engage with school and university students, and teachers. Student membership is FREE!
Many members in Australia and around the globe have always loved the study of the ancient world but were often taken in other professional or personal directions.
NEAF enables them to pursue these interests, through talks, events, tours and field work.
We honour our wonderful Donors. Read about how they came to support NEAF here. A love of archaeology, and enjoyment of NEAF, is generally the inspiration for their generous support. We support publication, scholarships and research with these funds.
We are a member of Vere Gordon Childe Centre and work closely with the Discipline of Archaeology, and have enduring links with the Chau Chak Wing Museum, and the Friends of the Museum.
Learn about current archaeological research. Join our tours to ancient sites, access research support through grants and scholarships.
NEAF News
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Dr John Tidmarsh will be presenting his new book, “Pella in Jordan – The Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods” at our evening lecture, 20th November 2024.
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NEAF Podcast
NEAF has recorded a number of interviews with archaeologists working in Near Eastern Archaeology.
NEAF Events
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Dr Paul Newson Evening Lecture
in EventsPublic LectureApproaches to Landscape History and Settlement in the Central Bekaa ValleyDr Paul Newson (American…
NEAF Projects
Pella
Excavating half a million years of human history
Teleilat Ghassul
One of the largest Chalcolithic sites in the Southern Levant
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Lecture Videos
Dr James Fraser – the Curator for the Ancient Levant and Anatolia at the British Museum – gives us a personal tour of the recent exhibition Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece