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…
Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan 2014
Tour Leader: Ben Churcher NEAF and Academy Travel’s May 2014 tour Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan…
Turkey & Iran 2014: In the Footsteps of Alexander
Tour Leader: John Tidmarsh During late September and early October 2014 twenty NEAF members traced p…
Mexico 2012
Tour Leader: Ben Churcher NEAF’s 2012 Mexico tour was a repeat of its successful 2004 tour – and lik…
Vale Michelle Cotton
Dr Michele Cotton AM NEAF Councillor from 1 April 2002 to 1 April 2011. Michele wanted to be an arch…
Syria and Jordan 2010
Tour Leader: Dr John Tidmarsh For thousands of years, Syria and Jordan controlled the inland caravan…
Syria & Jordan 2009
In April 2009, 21 travellers accompanied John Tidmarsh for a three week journey through Jordan and S…
Iran 2009
Tour Leader: Ben Churcher NEAF’s 2009 tour to Iran has just returned after a very successful visit t…
Tunisia and Libya 2010
Tour Leader Dr. Stephen Bourke and a group of NEAF travellers have just returned from visiting the h…
Syria 2008
This was the 4th time that NEAF has run a tour to Syria, and this year’s version: “Syria: A Levantin…
Oman 2008
This was the first time that NEAF had run a tour to Oman (“Oman: Travels in Old Arabia”) and, in vie…