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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS archives  📸 Photograph of a young man throwing clay on a pottery wheel. A note on the reverse of the image says “Pottery is an ancient craft widely practiced in Libya”. 1960s. © BILNAS Archive: Roland C. Shaw Photographs BILNAS/D8/1/10

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS archives 📸 A man standing among tall tobacco plants in the Tripoli area. The photograph features stamp of the Kingdom of Libya’s Ministry of Information and Guidance on verso along with the manuscript notes “Tobacco growth in Tripoli area...

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📢 BILNAS Archivist Vacancy BILNAS is looking for an experienced Archivist to join the School of Heritage and Culture at the University of Leicester, providing maternity leave cover for the internationally-significant BILNAS Archive. For full details and to apply: jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/13...

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Professor Paul Bennett MBE. A former Chairman and Head of Mission at BILNAS, he was a major figure in Libyan archaeology, and in his home town of Canterbury. His knowledge, enthusiasm, generous spirit, and good humour will be greatly missed.

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives 📸 Images from a weekend in Homs, July 1950, by Anthony Thwaite: ‘Cameron Highlander’s band beating retreat on the square’. © BILNAS Archive: Anthony Thwaite Collection on Leptis Magna and other sites BILNAS D57/2 ___ More here: www.bilnas.org/resources/ar...

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives 📸 Images from a weekend in Homs, July 1950, by Anthony Thwaite: 'Arab police with their horses’. © BILNAS Archive: Anthony Thwaite Collection on Leptis Magna and other sites BILNAS D57/2 ____ 🗄 Explore the BILNAS Archives 👇 www.bilnas.org/resources/ar...

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives 📸 ‘Monument’ at Giado, in the Gebel Nafusa – a mountain range in northwestern Libya – which was later dismantled. © BILNAS Archive: Olwen Brogan Collection BILNAS D41/3/11/1/14 ____ 🗄 Explore the BILNAS Archives yourself here 👇 www.bilnas.org/resources/ar...

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives 📸 An unknown person carrying a ceramic jar, probably near Nalut, northwestern Libya; date unknown. © BILNAS Archive: Olwen Brogan collection BILNAS D41/3/11/1/13 ___ 🗄 For more about the BILNAS Archives visit our website 👇 bilnas.org/resources/ar...

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives English poet Anthony Thwaite (AST) and Harry S? (HDS), in the Severan Basilica at Lepcis Magna in 1950 or 1951. © BILNAS Archive: Anthony Thwaite Collection on Leptis Magna and other sites BILNAS D57/1

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🏛📚 BILNAS General Secretary, Dr Victoria Leitch, renewed her SOAS Library card this week – FREE thanks to membership of BILNAS, which is just £30 per year. So why not join BILNAS today to take advantage of this valuable privilege, as membership of @soaslibrary.bsky.social normally costs £200 p.a.?

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Amel Bensalim, PhD candidate in the Department of History from @princeton.edu, visited the BILNAS Archives to look at archaeological maps and notes connected to her work on medieval environmental history in Ifriqiya. The pioneering work of BILNAS scholars has proven fundamental to her research.

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives 📸 Colour photograph of mosaic flooring and stone wall at Casa Brogan, Sabratha, taken by G.D.B. Jones. The photograph features manuscript note on verso "GDBJ 1984." © BILNAS Archive: Kathleen Kenyon and John Ward-Perkins Collection BILNAS/D5/12/1/15/4s1

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives 📸 Photograph of capital from the Antonine Temple, Sabratha. December 1946 © BILNAS Archive: Kathleen Kenyon and John Ward-Perkins Collection BILNAS/D5/12/1/14/1/10/S1

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives 📒 Notebook containing manuscript notes pertaining to box lists of Sabratha finds. A catalogue of ceramic forms including lids, jugs and flagons by John Dore, 1985. © BILNAS Archive: Kathleen Kenyon & John Ward-Perkins Collection BILNAS/D5/9/1/7

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives The Hellenistic Black Glazed Wares notes by Molly Aylwin Cotton, December 1970: Campana A forms. © BILNAS Archive: Kathleen Kenyon and John Ward-Perkins Collection BILNAS/D5/8/8

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

📣 Attention Scholars! Fellow BIRI, the British Institute in Eastern Africa, has issued a Call for Applications for its Regional Research Associates Award. 📆 Deadline: Monday 29 June 2026, 5pm BST / 7pm EAT For full details visit the BIEA website at: biea.ac.uk/call-for-app...

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives 📸 Nine men with goats, from the Ghirza collection. © BILNAS Archive: Ghirza collection BILNAS/D41/2/7/2/57S1 _____ 🗄 Would you like to explore the BILNAS Archives yourself? If so, visit our website for more details 👇 www.bilnas.org/resources/ar...

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🏛 The BILNAS Archive was pleased to welcome Dr Paul Love (Al Akhawayn University, Morocco), who recently spent several days in the Archive conducting research. During his visit, he consulted several collections, including our fantastic Olwen Brogan (D41) Collection... 1/2

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives Tomb South C: stone 3 showing fish around rosette. © BILNAS Archive: Ghirza collection BILNAS/D41/2/9/1/14S1 ___ 🗄 Would you like to explore the BILNAS Archives? If so, visit our website for contact details and access information: bilnas.org/resources/ar...

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

📣 Publication Announcement: Actes du colloque international Mahdia 2-3-4 décembre 2019, Vol III: "The two Syrtes between sea and Sahara through History: a space of exchange, rivalry and conflict." Textes réunis et présentés par Hafedh ABDOULI, Anna LEONE, Salem MOKNI, 2025.

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🏛 Journey Through the BILNAS Archives Printed on Permatrace, drawings of cemetery 5, features A-F. © BILNAS Archive: Ghirza collection BILNAS/D41/2/6/10/S1 ___ 📚 Would you like to explore the BILNAS Archives yourself? If so, visit our website for access information: bilnas.org/resources/ar...

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

🏛 Journey Through the BILNAS Archives 📸 Tombs of the sultans of the Beni Chattab at Zuila. © BILNAS Archive: Ghirza collection BILNAS/D/11/1/5/2/2S1

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives ℹ️ Reconstructed elevations and drawings of architectural details by Guy Wickens. Originally kept in a file labelled 'Wickens drawings'. With notes by Olwen Brogan. 1/2

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🏛 Journey Through the BILNAS Archives This file shows drawings of stone tools drawn in biro and a report on prehistoric Ghirza, in Italian. © BILNAS Archive: Digital Archive from Ghirza: A Libyan Settlement in the Roman Period, 1953-1984. BILNAS/D41_2_3_1_3

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

2/2 📸 A photograph depicting a piece of pottery featuring a stamp from King's College Library, Newcastle-on-Tyne, is also present. (19 February 1958). © BILNAS Archive: Digital Archive from Ghirza: A Libyan Settlement in the Roman Period, 1953-1984. BILNAS/D1_1_3_4

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

🏛 Journey Through the BILNAS Archives 🪦 Ghirza: The Common Cemeteries This file of plans, drawings and negative images shows plans of cemetery types found at Ghirza. The file contains drawings of common cemeteries. 1/2

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives This file contains several letters from Olwen Brogan to David J. Smith regarding the publication or lecture on Ghirza, including references to a selection of photographs of Ghirza taken by Charles Daniels.

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

📣 Join BILNAS and get access to our online journal Libyan Studies, a copy of our magazine the BILNAS Bulletin with news/information on events and research, and discounts on @universitypress.cambridge.org and BILNAS books, plus access to our Archive and membership of the @soaslibrary.bsky.social.

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

📣 BILNAS is delighted to announce a new Grant Call for April 2026, for small (up to £3000) and large (up to £10,000) grants. 📆 The deadline for applications is Thursday 30 April 2026. ℹ️ For full details including the applications form, visit the BILNAS website at: www.bilnas.org/research-act...

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Last week, on Friday 27 March, BILNAS welcomed film producer Bill Locke to speak about the History Hit film 'Bringing Libya’s Past to the Screen: Ancient Adventures: Libya', presented by Dan Snow.

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

2/2 ...to prevent tarnishing. Even in remote frontier settlements, beauty/grooming remained essential daily rituals. Photograph of six mirror box lids. Photo. ref. L.P.S. A 08420. © BILNAS Archive: David J. Smith Papers on Tocra, Ghirza and other locations BILNAS/D1/11/1/2/220

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives This week we’re looking back at a pivotal moment of the North African Campaign: the surprise air raid on Tripoli Harbour, March 19–20, 1943. Following Allied takeover the harbour faced a specialised tactical strike using the Motobomba FFF... 1/3

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🏛 'Preserving the Past, Envisioning the Future: Libya’s Heritage in Focus' Join us for this collaborative workshop dedicated to exploring Libya’s rich archaeological heritage. 📆 Tuesday 21 April, 2pm–5.30pm 📍 King’s College London. – with MarEA, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, @aliph.foundation

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

2/2 File includes photographs showing Naima, including dunes near Naima, and Wadi Maymun. The photographs are numbered 1–28 but 4, 6 and 16 are absent. © BILNAS Archive: Charles Daniels Papers on Fezzan and other locations in Libya BILNAS/D24/15/7 (1), (2) and (3).

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives There is a radiant brilliance captured in these old slides. This collection titled "Photos taken Spring 1977" includes photographs showing Naima’s incredible landscapes, from the soft, rolling dunes to the rugged beauty of Wadi Maymun. 1/2

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

BILNAS presents its Libyan Studies Paper of the Month: "Northern Libyan Desert Ware: New Thoughts on ‘Shell-tempered Ware’ and other handmade pottery from the Eastern Marmarica (north-west Egypt)" – by Anna-Katharina Rieger and Heike Möller. 1/3

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

3/3 🌼 David Hopkins was a talented illustrator who worked on many Society for Libyan Studies (BILNAS) excavations. © BILNAS Archive: David Hopkins Papers BILNAS/D50/5/1; BILNAS/D50/5/1 (2); BILNAS/D50/5/4

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

2/3 🌼 Libyan Flower Photos (Apollonia) and Libyan Flower Photos (Tolemeita); Photographs of flowers in the wild. Originally housed in an envelope with a note: 'Libyan flower photos - Apollonia (2007)' and 'Libyan flower photos - Tolemeita (2007)'.

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives 🌼 As Spring awakens, we’re revisiting Libya’s vibrant coast through the lens of the late David Hopkins. In 2007, while documenting Apollonia and Tolemeita, David captured these stunning wildflowers. 1/3

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives The BILNAS Archive recently welcomed Dr. Niccolò Mugnai, Assistant Professor at the University of Tübingen and specialist in North African archaeology, who researched our photographic materials related to Sabratha and Tripoli (ancient Oea). 1/2

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

📢 We've extended the deadline for our Wyvern-BILNAS Fellowship Grants, which provide up to £12K to support writing-up research within the framework of Contact Between Byzantine Africa and other Regions. 📆 New deadline: Friday 6 March 2026. For more details and to apply: bilnas.org/research-act...

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

📣 BILNAS is launching its new curated articles collections from its Libyan Studies Journal with @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org 📖 Read the first of these collection, on Pottery, here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... ℹ️ Where not already Open Access, articles will be free to read until 31 March.

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives The BILNAS Archive recently welcomed Dominic Barker, Archaeology Technician at the University of Southampton, to deposit a collection documenting Kathleen Kenyon and John Ward-Perkins’ landmark Sabratha excavations. 1/2

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🏛 BILNAS Grantee Spotlight In October, BILNAS grantee Cory Ettiene undertook fieldwork in Tinghir, Morocco, to research Amazigh weaving traditions and women’s material practices. She learnt about loom construction, wool preparation, spinning and basic weaving.

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

2/3 Consultant Ellie Pridgeon and Archive Assistant Eva Eicker have been deep in the plan chests, assessing our extensive Maps and Plans Collection to improve accessibility and determine future conservation and storage needs. © BILNAS Archive: Eva Eicker, Scoping Grant

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

📢 ATTENTION SCHOLARS 📢 It's time to submit your application for a BILNAS research grant. Click on this link to check your eligibility and to download an application form: bilnas.org/research-act... 📅 Deadline: Friday 27 February 2026. #Grants #Funding #NorthAfrica #Libya

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Ahmet Tekin is conducting archival research at @natarchivestrust.bsky.social as part of the British International Research Institutes (BIRI) 'Ottoman Mobilities and Interactions' project, focusing on diplomatic correspondence sent from Ottoman territories to England. 1/2

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

🏛 Journey through the BILNAS Archives 📸 Photographs of Libyan Pottery Fragments in a museum setting. The items were contained within an envelope labelled "Photos: Libyan Pottery (Provence Unknown)." © BILNAS Archive: Cedric N. Johns Papers (2 May 1949 - 14 May 1969) BILNAS/D7/2/6

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

3/3 As Miriam Davis notes, Marshall was “one of the most important and constant members” of the 1952 Jericho expedition. (Davis, Dame Kathleen Kenyon: Digging Up the Holy Land, p. 108).

Dorothy Nairn Marshall is pictured here drawing a skeleton in 1952 at a dig sight in Jericho on the West Bank of Palestine.

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British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) @bilnas.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

🏛 Journey Through the BILNAS Archives 📸 Aerial view of the Sabratha site, 1946-51. Did you know that the unsung heroes of archaeology are often behind the camera? Meet Dorothy Nairn Marshall (1900-1992), a photographer and critical member of Kathleen Kenyon's team. 1/3

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