Michael Fradley
@mfradley.bsky.social
Landscape archaeologist working at @eamena.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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Archaeology of #Persian #Garden complex discovered by our @eamena.bsky.social team. 🪷🍒🍎🌴🛰️#RemoteSensing #aerialphotos
My new paper with @bijanrouhani.bsky.social and @kristen-hopper.bsky.social explores a probable Persian Garden complex identified on a set of 1941 RAF aerial photographs taken over #Tabriz #Iran. This vast complex had not been previously documented and was built over by urban sprawl in the 1990s.
📣 📣 Our new paper on the discovery of a 'lost' Persian Garden in #Tabriz #Iran using aerial photographs taken during the Second World War has just been published #OpenAccess in @antiquity.ac.uk. Read it here👇🏻
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@arcdurham.bsky.social
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@arcdurham.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Archaeology of #Persian #Garden complex discovered by our @eamena.bsky.social team. 🪷🍒🍎🌴🛰️#RemoteSensing #aerialphotos
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NEW Utilising Second World War aerial photography, researchers have identified a monumental Persian garden complex on the outskirts of Tabriz, Iran.
One of the largest examples identified, it is also unique in comparison to its contemporaries.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
One of the largest examples identified, it is also unique in comparison to its contemporaries.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
February 3, 2026 at 10:23 AM
NEW Utilising Second World War aerial photography, researchers have identified a monumental Persian garden complex on the outskirts of Tabriz, Iran.
One of the largest examples identified, it is also unique in comparison to its contemporaries.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
One of the largest examples identified, it is also unique in comparison to its contemporaries.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Our monitoring work over #Gaza has shown that destruction of the historic environment by the IDF has continued despite the ceasefire, most notably in the widespread demolition of parts of Gaza City's E suburbs (including W of the Yellow Line) in the first weeks of December 2025.
Remote-sensing assessment of Gaza's heritage shows the devastating impact of systematic demolition of #Gaza City's eastern Shejaiya area as recently as December, incl. west of the Yellow Line. This area has the highest density of documented historic structures outside the centre of Gaza City.
February 2, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Our monitoring work over #Gaza has shown that destruction of the historic environment by the IDF has continued despite the ceasefire, most notably in the widespread demolition of parts of Gaza City's E suburbs (including W of the Yellow Line) in the first weeks of December 2025.
My new paper with @bijanrouhani.bsky.social and @kristen-hopper.bsky.social explores a probable Persian Garden complex identified on a set of 1941 RAF aerial photographs taken over #Tabriz #Iran. This vast complex had not been previously documented and was built over by urban sprawl in the 1990s.
📣 📣 Our new paper on the discovery of a 'lost' Persian Garden in #Tabriz #Iran using aerial photographs taken during the Second World War has just been published #OpenAccess in @antiquity.ac.uk. Read it here👇🏻
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@arcdurham.bsky.social
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@arcdurham.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 11:10 AM
My new paper with @bijanrouhani.bsky.social and @kristen-hopper.bsky.social explores a probable Persian Garden complex identified on a set of 1941 RAF aerial photographs taken over #Tabriz #Iran. This vast complex had not been previously documented and was built over by urban sprawl in the 1990s.
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Hey, do you all know that there are people in prison in the UK, arrested for connection to Palestine Action, who have been on hunger strike for 45 days. David Lammy refuses to even engage with MPs to discuss the issue.
David Lammy has taken over £30k from pro-Israel lobby groups.
David Lammy has taken over £30k from pro-Israel lobby groups.
Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers ‘may die without Lammy’s intervention’
Justice secretary criticised for refusing to meet lawyers who say health of their jailed clients is ‘rapidly deteriorating’
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Hey, do you all know that there are people in prison in the UK, arrested for connection to Palestine Action, who have been on hunger strike for 45 days. David Lammy refuses to even engage with MPs to discuss the issue.
David Lammy has taken over £30k from pro-Israel lobby groups.
David Lammy has taken over £30k from pro-Israel lobby groups.
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🚨Israel wants to steal the archaeological site of Sebastia: Here’s what you can do about it by @archagainstaparth.bsky.social
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/i...
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Israel wants to steal the archaeological site of Sebastia: Here’s what you can do about it
cover picture: IOF reservist and Ariel U graduate Yair Almakyes posing with riffle-and-booze-clad Zionists in front of ancient remains of a vandalized wall in Sebastia, West Bank (close up from a p…
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December 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🚨Israel wants to steal the archaeological site of Sebastia: Here’s what you can do about it by @archagainstaparth.bsky.social
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Civil war + flooding have endangered cultural heritage 🏺 in #Sudan. Heritage for Peace published a series of 3 reports to 2024. Now UNOSAT published a report covering damage to heritage from 2023-now using satellite imagery. It is not comprehensive. More work is required. unosat.org/products/4225
UNOSAT
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December 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Civil war + flooding have endangered cultural heritage 🏺 in #Sudan. Heritage for Peace published a series of 3 reports to 2024. Now UNOSAT published a report covering damage to heritage from 2023-now using satellite imagery. It is not comprehensive. More work is required. unosat.org/products/4225
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Legalising UK cannabis would generate over £1 billion a year in tax 💰🍃
With the budget approaching, it’s time for evidence-led public spending. Legalising UK cannabis offers the possibility of vast revenue and significant public savings
Full report: transformdrugs.org/publications...
With the budget approaching, it’s time for evidence-led public spending. Legalising UK cannabis offers the possibility of vast revenue and significant public savings
Full report: transformdrugs.org/publications...
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Legalising UK cannabis would generate over £1 billion a year in tax 💰🍃
With the budget approaching, it’s time for evidence-led public spending. Legalising UK cannabis offers the possibility of vast revenue and significant public savings
Full report: transformdrugs.org/publications...
With the budget approaching, it’s time for evidence-led public spending. Legalising UK cannabis offers the possibility of vast revenue and significant public savings
Full report: transformdrugs.org/publications...
Dr Frankenstein/Oscar Isaac = Lovejoy/Ian McShane
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Dr Frankenstein/Oscar Isaac = Lovejoy/Ian McShane
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Appears journalists who were allowed into Gaza under IDF supervision were taken to the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar and shown the massive destruction in Shujaiyah.
Video from BBC (h/t @easybakeovensz.bsky.social) shows the schools at around 31.4959,34.4744:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Video from BBC (h/t @easybakeovensz.bsky.social) shows the schools at around 31.4959,34.4744:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Appears journalists who were allowed into Gaza under IDF supervision were taken to the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar and shown the massive destruction in Shujaiyah.
Video from BBC (h/t @easybakeovensz.bsky.social) shows the schools at around 31.4959,34.4744:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Video from BBC (h/t @easybakeovensz.bsky.social) shows the schools at around 31.4959,34.4744:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Our new open access paper on the rapid remote sensing survey of the western Nafud region, building on our early publications on the eastern Nafud and the Neom development zone.
We have a new paper out reporting on the remote-sensing survey of c.10k sites in the west Nafud region of north Saudi Arabia and southern Jordan, including the identification of a damaged fortified complex and hinterland features south of Tabuk👉🏻
doi.org/10.3390/heri... @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.3390/heri... @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Our new open access paper on the rapid remote sensing survey of the western Nafud region, building on our early publications on the eastern Nafud and the Neom development zone.
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After conducting extensive earthworks on top of the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar, it appears in more recent @planet.com SkySat imagery from October 7 that the IDF has since paved the top of the mound.
The visible black area is similar to what we've seen when pavement has been used elsewhere.
The visible black area is similar to what we've seen when pavement has been used elsewhere.
October 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
After conducting extensive earthworks on top of the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar, it appears in more recent @planet.com SkySat imagery from October 7 that the IDF has since paved the top of the mound.
The visible black area is similar to what we've seen when pavement has been used elsewhere.
The visible black area is similar to what we've seen when pavement has been used elsewhere.
Not quite a #RomanFortThursday. Ground photographs from a recent survey of three temporary Roman army camps ESE of Bayir #Jordan @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social See the original report paper: doi.org/10.15184/aqy... @antiquity.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Not quite a #RomanFortThursday. Ground photographs from a recent survey of three temporary Roman army camps ESE of Bayir #Jordan @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social See the original report paper: doi.org/10.15184/aqy... @antiquity.ac.uk
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Our team are just back from fieldwork in SE #Jordan! They were east of Bayir looking at a series of #Roman camps we first identified on satellite imagery in 2022. Look out for news of this survey in our future posts.
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@cbrl.bsky.social
@robertbewley.bsky.social
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@cbrl.bsky.social
@robertbewley.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Our team are just back from fieldwork in SE #Jordan! They were east of Bayir looking at a series of #Roman camps we first identified on satellite imagery in 2022. Look out for news of this survey in our future posts.
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@cbrl.bsky.social
@robertbewley.bsky.social
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@cbrl.bsky.social
@robertbewley.bsky.social
Our work at @eamena.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social on these sites will continue with sites visits to the camps in the near future. They also featured on a recent documentary on the Nabataean kingdom #Jordan #RomanFortThursday www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
September 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Our work at @eamena.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social on these sites will continue with sites visits to the camps in the near future. They also featured on a recent documentary on the Nabataean kingdom #Jordan #RomanFortThursday www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
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“It’s not just about Palestinian heritage or Christian heritage, it’s something important to the world heritage here, protected by UNESCO,” explained Kevin Charbel, the emergency field coordinator for @premiereurgenceint.bsky.social via @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/isra...
#Gaza #Palestine
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#Gaza #Palestine
A rushed rescue saves Gaza archeological items before an Israeli strike on a warehouse
Aid workers saved thousands of priceless archaeological artifacts in Gaza from destruction last week after Israel targeted the warehouse building in a strike.
apnews.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“It’s not just about Palestinian heritage or Christian heritage, it’s something important to the world heritage here, protected by UNESCO,” explained Kevin Charbel, the emergency field coordinator for @premiereurgenceint.bsky.social via @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/isra...
#Gaza #Palestine
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#Gaza #Palestine
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Final episode on Saturday. #apaame #eamena123 Thanks to Dr Michael Fradley’s discoveries #robertbewley
Seen 'Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
Seen 'Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans
Bettany Hughes unravels the enigma of the influential ancient people who history forgot
www.channel4.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Final episode on Saturday. #apaame #eamena123 Thanks to Dr Michael Fradley’s discoveries #robertbewley
Seen 'Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
Seen 'Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
1/1 The site of Newhall Tower #Cheshire on a new Airbus satellite image from 17 August 2025 via Google Earth Pro. The circular site of a mound- presumably the site of the tower first documented C13 belonging to the de Audley family- is visible as a cropmark.
September 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
1/1 The site of Newhall Tower #Cheshire on a new Airbus satellite image from 17 August 2025 via Google Earth Pro. The circular site of a mound- presumably the site of the tower first documented C13 belonging to the de Audley family- is visible as a cropmark.
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📣📣 This Saturday 6th September EAMENA features on Bettany Hughes show on Channel 4 about the Nabataeans, which features flights with our Bob Bewley over the Roman camps we identified in SE Jordan.
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
For our original research paper:👇🏻
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
For our original research paper:👇🏻
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
September 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📣📣 This Saturday 6th September EAMENA features on Bettany Hughes show on Channel 4 about the Nabataeans, which features flights with our Bob Bewley over the Roman camps we identified in SE Jordan.
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
For our original research paper:👇🏻
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
For our original research paper:👇🏻
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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📣📣 Our Bill Finlayson & fellow archaeologists help to uncover the mystery of the hundreds of 'desert kites' stretching across the Arabian desert. Find out who built these megastructures, the purpose they served & the ingenious discovery that was unearthed...👇🏻
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
September 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
📣📣 Our Bill Finlayson & fellow archaeologists help to uncover the mystery of the hundreds of 'desert kites' stretching across the Arabian desert. Find out who built these megastructures, the purpose they served & the ingenious discovery that was unearthed...👇🏻
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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I have a new article out today in Public Humanities, where I try to find some words for how historicide is (and has always been) a project of European colonialism - and I try to find some words for the historians who continue to support it. 🇵🇸✊🏻
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine - Volume 1
www.cambridge.org
September 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I have a new article out today in Public Humanities, where I try to find some words for how historicide is (and has always been) a project of European colonialism - and I try to find some words for the historians who continue to support it. 🇵🇸✊🏻
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Today's Pod Save the World podcast E486 @podsaveamerica.crooked.com covers how #archaeology is used for the annexation of the #WestBank #Palestine by the #Israeli settler campaign. Discussion starting about 1.42 hours in- important intro to a non-specialist audience: www.crooked.com/podcast-seri...
Pod Save The World | Crooked Media
Pod Save the World is a no-bullshit conversation about foreign policy hosted by Tommy Vietor that explores some of the most important decisions of our time.
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September 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Today's Pod Save the World podcast E486 @podsaveamerica.crooked.com covers how #archaeology is used for the annexation of the #WestBank #Palestine by the #Israeli settler campaign. Discussion starting about 1.42 hours in- important intro to a non-specialist audience: www.crooked.com/podcast-seri...
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It appears the IDF are conducting more earthworks on top of Tell Ali Muntar, potentially further damaging a Bronze Age-era archeological hill in what little remains of Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood.
Michael Press shared some of the history of the site here:
bsky.app/profile/mich...
Michael Press shared some of the history of the site here:
bsky.app/profile/mich...
August 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It appears the IDF are conducting more earthworks on top of Tell Ali Muntar, potentially further damaging a Bronze Age-era archeological hill in what little remains of Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood.
Michael Press shared some of the history of the site here:
bsky.app/profile/mich...
Michael Press shared some of the history of the site here:
bsky.app/profile/mich...
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Thanks for sharing Dominic. Really important updates in that video from Fadel. There's been even more damage to the Byzantine church site since the early 2025 photo was taken: bsky.app/profile/godi...
Unfortunately there has been further damage at the Jabaliya Byzantine church archeological site after it was damaged earlier this year.
The reception buildings have been destroyed. The protective structure that surrounded the 1,500 year-old mosaics also appears to have been partially destroyed.
The reception buildings have been destroyed. The protective structure that surrounded the 1,500 year-old mosaics also appears to have been partially destroyed.
July 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thanks for sharing Dominic. Really important updates in that video from Fadel. There's been even more damage to the Byzantine church site since the early 2025 photo was taken: bsky.app/profile/godi...