Basil Hennessy Memorial Lecture
Twenty seasons of excavations at Jericho: Across the history of one of the oldest capitals in the LevantLorenzo Nigro (University of Rome La Sapienza) Over twenty excavation seasons (2009–2024) at Tell es-Sultan, ancient Jericho, the joint Italian- Palestinian Expedition by the University of Rome La Sapienza and the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, led …
Study Day and Book Launch
Rising Above: Monumental Architecture in the Near East | 14 September, 10:00am-4:00-pm Across the millennia, monumental architecture served widely differing purposes, in a great variety of structural expressions. In early periods (Neolithic through Iron Ages), size and elaboration of monumental structures were held to express the power and authority of ruling elites, while acting as …
Urbanization, Trade, and Growing Social Complexity Results from Tell Fadous-Kfarabida
Public Lecture | Prof. Hermann Genz (American University of Beirut) The Bronze Age site of Tell Fadous-Kfarabida, situated on the Lebanese Coast two kilometers south of the modern city of Batroun, was only discovered in 2004. In this paper the main results of the 2004 to 2016 seasons of excavations, conducted by a team from …
Understanding the Development of Complex Society on the Lebanese Coast
Kamal Badreshany (Durham) Public Lecture | 3 July 2024 | 6:30pm The lecture will investigate the development of complex societies in the Lebanese coastal zone during the Early Bronze Age (EBA). New evidence shows that coastal Lebanon, with its unique mountainous setting and ample water resources, developed a distinct pathway to complexity. Dr Kamal Badreshany …
Archaeology in Action!
Saturday 18th May, 10am-2:30pm, Vere Gordon Childe Centre, Madsen Building & online In support of National Archaeology Week, the Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation (NEAF) presents a showcase of current University of Sydney Near Eastern archaeological fieldwork and research projects. Projects explored will include the prehistoric landscape of Arabia, the Hellenistic/Roman theatre at Paphos on Cyprus, …
Vale Dr Graeme Clarke AO FAHA (1934-2023)
Graeme Clarke was an impressively accomplished academic, teacher and administrator who dedicated a lifetime to the study of the ancient Mediterranean world through which Australia and, indeed, the global community benefitted. His death was a blow to many, including the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens of which he was a Council member from 1982 and …
The 2024 Anthony McNicoll Visiting Lectureship
Back to Lagash: New Investigations into an Early Urban Centre in Southern Mesopotamia Professor Holly Pittman | University of Pennsylvania 5:30pm doors for 6:00pm start. The mound of Tell al-Hiba in the Tigris drainage of southern Mesopotamia is among the largest of the urban centers of ancient Sumer. Understood to be ancient Lagash, the eponymous …
The 2024 Edwin Cuthbert Hall Annual Lecture in Archaeology
Professor Barbara Helwing | Thursday 11 April 2024Chau Chak Wing Museum | 5:30pm doors for 6:00pm start. The Museum of the Ancient Near East in Berlin is one of the major museums focusing on this field within the global north. Best known for the reconstruction of the bright blue Ishtar Gate from Babylon, the museum …
2024 Annual General Meeting
The Council of the Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation invite you to the Annual General Meeting followed by a public lecture. The AGM and public lecture will be held in-person & online via Zoom. AGM at 6.30pm | Lecture at 7.00pmWednesday 20 March Public Lecture | Digging in the Desert : Life and Death in Ancient Arabia | …
Egypt: 2023
This tour from Cairo to Abu Simbel provides a wonderful blend of traditional Upper & Lower Egyptian sites as well as exploring the several sites of Middle Egypt.Organised with Alumni Travel