☠️ Image 1: Black and white photograph of Tomb D at Tocra. There is a collection of skulls, bones and pottery arranged on a stone slab in the centre of the image, in front of the entrance to the tomb.
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☠️ Image 1: Black and white photograph of Tomb D at Tocra. There is a collection of skulls, bones and pottery arranged on a stone slab in the centre of the image, in front of the entrance to the tomb.
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"The Making of Medieval Morocco – State-Building and Everyday Life on the Edge of Empire" by Prof Corisande Fenwick.
See below for more details and follow this link to reserve your spot: tinyurl.com/3t6w4yzu
See you all there!
"The Making of Medieval Morocco – State-Building and Everyday Life on the Edge of Empire" by Prof Corisande Fenwick.
See below for more details and follow this link to reserve your spot: tinyurl.com/3t6w4yzu
See you all there!
Esso calendar, in English and Arabic, for the year 1967 (1967).
Sabbat from Darna, Cyrenaica. "The sabbat (traditional lady's shoe) which is produced in Darna, is characterised by colour and decoration and, more notably, classical Arab Style.”
Esso calendar, in English and Arabic, for the year 1967 (1967).
Sabbat from Darna, Cyrenaica. "The sabbat (traditional lady's shoe) which is produced in Darna, is characterised by colour and decoration and, more notably, classical Arab Style.”
"The Making of Medieval Morocco: State-Building & Everyday Life on the Edge of Empire" by Corisande Fenwick.
📆 Thursday 27 November, 6:30pm
📍The British Academy, London
💻 Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/bilnas-ann...
"The Making of Medieval Morocco: State-Building & Everyday Life on the Edge of Empire" by Corisande Fenwick.
📆 Thursday 27 November, 6:30pm
📍The British Academy, London
💻 Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/bilnas-ann...
Join us tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1pm (GMT) for what promises to be a fascinating and inspiring presentation by BILNAS Archivist Dr Anne Marie Williamson.
💻 Online via Zoom; register on the @theees.bsky.social website (link below). All welcome!
📅TOMORROW⏰1pm🇬🇧3pm🇪🇬
Meet nine remarkable women who refused to be confined by society’s expectations, instead setting their sights on North Africa’s vast deserts and hidden histories.
🎫 www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...
Join us tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1pm (GMT) for what promises to be a fascinating and inspiring presentation by BILNAS Archivist Dr Anne Marie Williamson.
💻 Online via Zoom; register on the @theees.bsky.social website (link below). All welcome!
"Crumbling History – The Fading Material Culture of the Tataouine Region (Tunisia) and the Jebel Nafusa (Libya)" by Anna Leone.
"Crumbling History – The Fading Material Culture of the Tataouine Region (Tunisia) and the Jebel Nafusa (Libya)" by Anna Leone.
“Women Explorers in North Africa.”
📆 Tuesday 4 November at 1pm (UK time)
BILNAS archivist Anne Marie Williamson combines Andrew Goudie’s research on the subject with her own findings.
“Women Explorers in North Africa.”
📆 Tuesday 4 November at 1pm (UK time)
BILNAS archivist Anne Marie Williamson combines Andrew Goudie’s research on the subject with her own findings.
‘Street Art and Civil Society in Post-2011 Tunisia: Aesthetics, Civic Engagement and Organisational Challenges’ by Dr Anwar Tlili.
Click on the link to view the recording: youtu.be/BvYF8_Qxh-Y
‘Street Art and Civil Society in Post-2011 Tunisia: Aesthetics, Civic Engagement and Organisational Challenges’ by Dr Anwar Tlili.
Click on the link to view the recording: youtu.be/BvYF8_Qxh-Y
🏛 "Crumbling History – The Fading Material Culture of the Tataouine Region (Tunisia) and the Jebel Nafusa (Libya)" by Anna Leone
📆 Thursday 23 October at 5pm (UK time) via Zoom
💻 For more details and to register: www.bilnas.org/event/crumbl...
All welcome!
🏛 "Crumbling History – The Fading Material Culture of the Tataouine Region (Tunisia) and the Jebel Nafusa (Libya)" by Anna Leone
📆 Thursday 23 October at 5pm (UK time) via Zoom
💻 For more details and to register: www.bilnas.org/event/crumbl...
All welcome!
‘Street Art & Civil Society in Post-2011 Tunisia: Aesthetics, Civic Engagement and Organisational Challenges’ by Dr Anwar Tlili
🕔 Thurs 25 September 17:00hrs
💻 Online
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
All welcome!
‘Street Art & Civil Society in Post-2011 Tunisia: Aesthetics, Civic Engagement and Organisational Challenges’ by Dr Anwar Tlili
🕔 Thurs 25 September 17:00hrs
💻 Online
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
All welcome!
Her recent article shines a light on Olive Brittan, a beekeeper to King Idris.
Read Neva's article on our website: www.bilnas.org/olive-britta...
Her recent article shines a light on Olive Brittan, a beekeeper to King Idris.
Read Neva's article on our website: www.bilnas.org/olive-britta...
‘Street Art and Civil Society in Post-2011 Tunisia: Aesthetics, Civic Engagement and Organisational Challenges’ by Dr Anwar Tlili
📅 Thurs 25 Sept, 5pm UK time
💻 Online via Zoom
Please follow this link to register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
‘Street Art and Civil Society in Post-2011 Tunisia: Aesthetics, Civic Engagement and Organisational Challenges’ by Dr Anwar Tlili
📅 Thurs 25 Sept, 5pm UK time
💻 Online via Zoom
Please follow this link to register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Photographs of wild flowers from Tolemeita (Ptolemais), taken by archaeological illustrator David Hopkins in 2007.
© BILNAS Archive:
David Hopkins Papers
BILNAS/D50/5/4
#تولميتا
Photographs of wild flowers from Tolemeita (Ptolemais), taken by archaeological illustrator David Hopkins in 2007.
© BILNAS Archive:
David Hopkins Papers
BILNAS/D50/5/4
#تولميتا
Phycus Expedition Photographs, 1950-1970.
© BILNAS Archive: David Smith Papers BILNAS/D1/11/3/2/2
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Phycus Expedition Photographs, 1950-1970.
© BILNAS Archive: David Smith Papers BILNAS/D1/11/3/2/2
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This grant will allow us to assess our valuable collection of maps and plans from over 70 years of British archaeological work in Libya.
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This grant will allow us to assess our valuable collection of maps and plans from over 70 years of British archaeological work in Libya.
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We are pleased to announce the launch of the BILNAS Bulletin, a member-exclusive publication with news and updates on the Institute’s activities.
For more information about the benefits of BILNAS membership visit our website:
bilnas.org/membership/
We are pleased to announce the launch of the BILNAS Bulletin, a member-exclusive publication with news and updates on the Institute’s activities.
For more information about the benefits of BILNAS membership visit our website:
bilnas.org/membership/
The axial chamber of the 'palatial suite' at the Fatimid Qasr.
BILNAS/D11/1/8/46: Ajdabiyah, Qasr Architecture 1 (1971-1976).
© BILNAS Archive: Donald M. Bailey and David Whitehouse Papers
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The axial chamber of the 'palatial suite' at the Fatimid Qasr.
BILNAS/D11/1/8/46: Ajdabiyah, Qasr Architecture 1 (1971-1976).
© BILNAS Archive: Donald M. Bailey and David Whitehouse Papers
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Submit a methods paper to Antiquity and get your research in front of a global audience 👇
Submit a methods paper to Antiquity and get your research in front of a global audience 👇
We are thrilled to welcome Xuejiao Huang (Neva), a postgraduate placement student, to the BILNAS Archive for July and August. Neva's placement is part of her Masters degree in Museum Studies.
We are thrilled to welcome Xuejiao Huang (Neva), a postgraduate placement student, to the BILNAS Archive for July and August. Neva's placement is part of her Masters degree in Museum Studies.
BILNAS/D54/10/1/14/1/57
Inscription: Gheriat el-Garbia oasis (Wadi Tula) (GG) (1981).
© BILNAS Archive: UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey
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BILNAS/D54/10/1/14/1/57
Inscription: Gheriat el-Garbia oasis (Wadi Tula) (GG) (1981).
© BILNAS Archive: UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey
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📚 Would you like to explore the BILNAS Archives yourself? If so, visit our website at bilnas.org/resources/ar...
Earlier this month, BILNAS welcomed Alla Abdunabi, a visual artist specialising in sculpture and installation, whose work explores the ‘material afterlives’ of objects through storytelling that weaves auto-ethnographic, historical and fictional narratives.
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Earlier this month, BILNAS welcomed Alla Abdunabi, a visual artist specialising in sculpture and installation, whose work explores the ‘material afterlives’ of objects through storytelling that weaves auto-ethnographic, historical and fictional narratives.
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The BILNAS Assistant Director, Dr. Nichole Sheldrick is co-directing a new fieldwork project in Tunisia at the site of Acholla, along with co-directors Nesrine Nasr, Andrew Dufton and Sue Alcock.
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The BILNAS Assistant Director, Dr. Nichole Sheldrick is co-directing a new fieldwork project in Tunisia at the site of Acholla, along with co-directors Nesrine Nasr, Andrew Dufton and Sue Alcock.
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We're excited to share more progress in our ongoing efforts to digitise key archival collections.
Thanks to generous funding from @britishacademy.bsky.social, digitisation work is now underway on two historically significant collections...
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We're excited to share more progress in our ongoing efforts to digitise key archival collections.
Thanks to generous funding from @britishacademy.bsky.social, digitisation work is now underway on two historically significant collections...
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Black and white photograph shows five women on stage, performing in a historical play. The woman in the foreground is wrapped in the flag of the Kingdom of Libya.
© BILNAS Archive: Roland C. Shaw Photographs D8/1/65
– with @archanchistleic.bsky.social
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Black and white photograph shows five women on stage, performing in a historical play. The woman in the foreground is wrapped in the flag of the Kingdom of Libya.
© BILNAS Archive: Roland C. Shaw Photographs D8/1/65
– with @archanchistleic.bsky.social
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