In the Time of the Pharaohs: Egypt and the Levant in the New  Kingdom

Forthcoming Saturday Series NEAF is delighted to present its next Saturday Series, ‘In the time of t…

Recent excavations at Alambra: A Middle Bronze Age settlement in Cyprus

Dr Andrew Sneddon (Extent Heritage) Public Lecture: Wednesday 13 September 2023 The event will be he…

Middle Eastern Food Tour

Join Kate da Costa and Peta Seaton and experience Middle Eastern food and waresin our NEAF tour in t…

Saturday Seminar Series: Ideology and Belief

Ideology and Belief Welcome to the June Saturday Series. This win…

NEAF-British Museum Exclusive – Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece

Online Public Lecture by Dr James Fraser (British Museum), 9 August, 2023 The Council of the Near Ea…

Greece 2023: Agamemnon to Alexander

Our tour of the great sites of ancient and medieval Greece focuses especially on the worlds of the A…

Israel & Jordan 2023: A Cradle of Civilisation

This 20-day tour took participants on a leisurely and thorough fashion through the very birthplace o…

Ancient Arts and Crafts Workshops

Mosaic making is deeply absorbing and relaxing. This event is fully booked. Join our waitlist

2023 Season at Paphos, Cyprus

WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE 2023 DISPATCHES FROM THE TRENCHES: A REPORT ON THE 2023 SEASON AT PAPHOS IN CYPRUS…

Updated NEAF 2023 Events Schedule

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NEAF AGM Wednesday 22 March, 2023

The Council of the Near Eastern ArchaeologyFoundation invite you to the Annual General Meeting follo…

Visit by His Excellency, Bernard Lynch – Australia’s Ambassador to Jordan

NEAF was very pleased to welcome His Excellency, Bernard Lynch – Australia’s Ambassador to Jor…

Seasons Greetings from the NEAF President

Seasons Greetings! Thank you for being such a wonderful part of the NEAF community, and for your par…

2023 MAARC Conference: Call for Panels

The third annual meeting of the Mediterranean Archaeology Australasian Research Community (MAARC), w…

NEAF Evening Seminar Series: Rethinking the Archaeology of Empire in Late Bronze Age Anatolia and Beyond

June 22, 6:30pm AEST, Hybrid, CCANESA/Zoom Prof. Claudia Glatz University of Glasgow Department of A…

Public Lecture & Book Launch, Wednesday 11 May

Game Drives and Communal Hunting in a Global Perspective, Professor Alison Betts The Council of the …

Vale Martha Sharp Joukowsky (1936-2022)

We share the sad news that Martha Sharp Joukowsky passed away on January 7, 2022.

Pella Volunteer Programme: a great escape from the day job!

In 2007 I found myself heading down the Jordan valley to Pella

Digging at Pella (it’s the company you keep)

Perhaps the most exciting thing about being on a dig at Pella is the company you keep.  All the…

Excavating as a Volunteer in Pella, Jordan

Over the last twenty-five years I have had the great good fortune to take part in three volunteer se…

Vale Win Stephen

It is with a real mixture of sadness and love that NEAF says farewell to one of our greatest support…

Vale Judith McKenzie

(November 28, 1957 – May 27, 2019) In a tribute to Judith McKenzie written by Alan Walmsley, a fello…

China 2019: Western China, Along the Silk Road

Tour Leader: Ben Churcher In 2019, NEAF members retraced the ancient Silk Road across China from Xi’…

Egypt 2019: Cairo to Abu Simbel

This tour from Cairo to Abu Simbel provides a wonderful blend of traditional Upper & Lower Egypt…

Morocco 2018

Tour Leader: Ben Churcher In March/April 2018 20 NEAF members travelled to Morocco to find the count…

Iran 2017: Iran in Depth

Tour Leader: Ben Churcher In April/May 2017 21 NEAF members travelled to Iran to explore this extrao…

China 2017: Western China, Along the Silk Road

Tour Leader: Ben Churcher In September 2017 20 NEAF members retraced the ancient Silk Road across Ch…

Iran 2016: Iran in Depth

Tour Leader: Ben Churcher In April/May 2016 21 NEAF members explored the highways and byways of Iran…

Morocco 2016

Tour Leader: Ben Churcher In October 2016 21 NEAF members travelled to Morocco to explore the land o…

Western China 2015: Along the Silk Road

Tour Leader: Ben Churcher In May 2015 17 NEAF members retraced the ancient Silk Road across China fr…

Contacts

Near Eastern Archaeological Foundation
Level 4, CCANESA Madsen F09, University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
+61 2 9351 4151 neaf.archaeology@sydney.edu.au