This week the Cambridge team attended the Secret Maps exhibition at the British Library. We enjoyed exploring the fascinating history of covert cartography, and we’re especially grateful to curator Nick Dykes for introducing us to the collection.

📣 MAHSA & MAEASaM host CAA-UK 25!

Last week we welcomed a record number of delegates to Cambridge for the CAA-UK conference on computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology. (1/2) @rebecca-roberts.bsky.social

Eid Mubarak to all those marking Eid al-Adha today ✨

This beautiful Qur’an manuscript is held in a bespoke satchel. It was made in Nigeria in the 19th century, and is now part of the Royal Commonwealth Society collections @theul.bsky.social

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#EidMubarak #QuranManuscript

The @mahsa-project.bsky.social Augmented Realty sandbox, now coded to show the accumulation of fen peats. At Wicken Fen, part of the @fenscapes.bsky.social project outreach day @nationaltrust.org.uk

#archaeology #fens

Wicken windmill: listen to this wonderful sound! Built 1813 and now lovingly restored.

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MAHSA is excited to launch our brand-new webpage! The new visual format adds a new dimension to all the exciting work we have been doing over the past year. Click the link below to check it out!

www.arch.cam.ac.uk/mahsa

#heritage #archaeology #freshnewlook

For this week’s #heritagehighlight we turn to the Moj Garh Fort, Pakistan. Built in 1742AD by Emperor Maroof Khan Kehrani, the fort now lies in ruins. MAHSA Research Assistant, Afifa Khan visited the site with Professor of History, Dr Samia Khalid and Lecturer Waqar Mushtaq from IUB

#mappingmonday Today, we are looking at Harrand Fort, located near to the town of Harrand, Punjab Province, Pakistan.

The Hindu Shahi period fort (now ruin) was built with sixteen sides, depicted in this Survey of India map from 1924, with an almost cloud (or cauliflower 🥦) like drawing!

For #MappingMonday we turn to this site from the IUB‘s recent fieldwork in Pakistan which was detected using maps and remote sensing which were then ground-truthed. Whilst the edges of the site have been impacted by cultivation and cattle, the central part of the site remains in good condition.

11th century Byzantine bath-house-turned-church of St. George and St. Charalambos, Episkopi, Crete. The village of Episkopi was established c.2500 BC by the Minoans. #Byzantine #archaeology #Minoan #Crete

Enchanting 12th century Norman wall paintings in St. Michael and All Angels church, Copford, Essex. Also the resting place of #artist Eric Ravilious #church #history #medieval copfordchurch.org.uk

My favourite MAHSA side project - an AR sandbox to demonstrate how mound features in the landscape can be shown using colours and lines on a 2D map. Also hugely therapeutic. Original here: web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~okreylos/Re...

Enjoyed a wonderful two days at the CAA UK conference in Canterbury. Many great presentations from postgraduate students linktr.ee/CAA_UK