The EAMENA Blog

EAMENA-MarEA Open Access Policy

15 April 2021

Fig. 6: Dime, Fayoum, the temple area and houses in 2014 (courtesy of Soknopaiou Nesos Project, University of Salento, Italy, photo by B. Bazzani)

The View from Above: Aerial Photography and Archaeology in Egypt

05 November 2020

A small sample of the data and photos collected during the survey (DGA data, HerBridge screenshot).

The DGA-EAMENA 'Beirut Explosion Heritage Buildings Survey': EAMENA's Response to the Post-disaster Cultural Emergency in Lebanon

16 October 2020

Fig. 1. A contrast of restricted and unrestricted satellite imagery of buildings in the West Bank, with a Maxar Technologies image (taken 22 August 2013) at 2m+ GSD on the left, and an Airbus image (taken 15 November 2013) at c.0.5m on the right. Map Data

EAMENA leads reform on satellite imagery restrictions in the Levant

30 June 2020

Arcadia awards £3.3m for the continuation of the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa project (EAMENA)

29 June 2020

Figure 5 - A particular of one of the rock reliefs (Credits: photo A. Savioli, LoNAP).

The Endangered Archaeological Site of Faida

10 June 2020

Figure 3 - The archaeological Sites of the Mosul Dam Reservoir Survey on a CORONA 1102 photomosaic (Dec 1967, courtesy USGS). Credits: F.Simi and P. Sconzo.

The lost archaeological sites of the Mosul Dam Lake

01 June 2020

Fig.1. A 1930s vertical photograph over the pyramid complex at Giza, Egypt, generously shared with the project by Owen Masters.

Reflections on the EAMENA aerial photograph appeal

01 May 2020

Fig. 1. The distribution of 1930 RAF aerial photographs uploaded to the EAMENA database. The Sea of Galilea can be seen in the top left of the distribution, with the River Jordan running down the west side, with Wadi Zerqa roughly marking the southern lim

Looking back at the Jordan Valley

02 April 2020

Fig.3. A vertical aerial photograph from Tabriz taken by 2 PRU squadron of the RAF on the 1 August 1941. The red arrows highlight the position of the visible qanat shafts, while part of the Elgoli reservoir can be seen in the bottom-right of the image. Th

A practical introduction to landscape archaeology: investigating the endangered archaeology of Tabriz, Iran

09 March 2020