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The IASA @iasarabia.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who participated in The IASA 59th Seminar for Arabian Studies in Bologna. As usual, papers presented will be published in the Proceedings. Photos show IASA Chair Jose Cristóbal Carvajal Lopez introducing the Beatrice de Cardi lecture given by Vincent Charpentier (picture 2)

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Now available on YouTube: Unearthing the Ancient City of Dadan | Lost Treasures of Arabia A documentary on the Dadan Archaeological Project, led by @CNRS / AFALULA / RCU, exploring one of the major ancient sites of north-west Arabia. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQAU...

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Unearthing the Ancient City of Dadan (Full Episode) | Lost Treasures of Arabia | National Geographic

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Fabien Lesguer @fabien-lesguer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

📣 The Hegra Archaeological Project is hiring a research engineer in geophysics (18-month contract, starting Oct 2026). Survey, data processing & mapping at the Saudi site of Hegra. ⏳ Apply by 30 June 2026, 16:00 (Paris). 🔗 jaussen-et-savignac.pantheonsorbonne.fr/actualite/re...

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Recrutement d'un ingénieur de recherche spécialisé en géophysique pour le Hegra Archaeological Project (CDD 18 mois) - Programme Jaussen & Savignac

Le Hegra Archaeological Project recrute un géophysicien en CDD de 18 mois à compter du 1er octobre 2026. Les candidatures sont attendues au plus tard le mardi 30 juin 2026 à 16h00 (heure de Paris).

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

La découverte d’un village jusqu’alors inconnu dans une région d’Arabie saoudite que l’on croyait guère peuplée durant l’Antiquité tardive révèle la présence de communautés juives sédentaires à la veille de l’Islam. Éclairages avec l’archéologue J.Rohmer lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/sur...

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Sur les traces de communautés juives en Arabie

La découverte d’un village jusqu’alors inconnu dans une région d’Arabie saoudite que l’on ne croyait guère peuplée durant l’Antiquité tardive révèle la présence de communautés juives sédentaires à la ...

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Access The Animus @accesstheanimus.com · 29/01/2026

In the new episode of Echoes of History, Professor Laïla Nehmé discusses the Ancient Nabatean civilization and Hegra as recreated in Assassin’s Creed Mirage - Valley of Memory, discussing 🟠 Architecture 🟠 Hegra site 🟠 Petra site Link 👇

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

📢 We’re hiring – Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS, UMR 8167) CNRS is recruiting a fixed-term researcher: Sector Supervisor Archaeologist (Late Antiquity profile) to support the DADAN archaeological project (al-ʿUlā, Saudi Arabia). emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

-A good command of English is highly recommended, as it is the project’s official working language (for documentation, reports, etc.), in accordance with @RCU_SA 's guidelines. -A formal internship agreement must be signed between your university and the @cnrs.fr

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Requirements: -Applicants must be in the final year of their undergraduate studies or enrolled in a Master’s program in Archaeology (or equivalent).

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

-In addition to their professional duties, interns are expected, like other team members, to contribute to the collective life of the team (participation in dishwashing and cleaning/maintenance of shared spaces, etc.).

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Conditions: -Accommodation and meals will be provided. -Travel expenses to AlUla (from within KSA) will be reimbursed based on the cost of an economy-class flight. -Interns will be housed in the project’s dig house, sharing rooms (2–3 people per room).

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

-Stratigraphic excavation -Recording stratigraphic units and artifacts -Field photography and photogrammetry (3D recording) -Artifact documentation and registration -Database management and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

or the Late Antique village (3rd–7th centuries CE). They will participate in both fieldwork and laboratory activities, receiving training in all aspects of field archaeology, including:

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The excavation season will run from March 30 to May 14, 2026. Internships will last a minimum of three weeks during this period. Interns will be assigned to one of the project’s two main excavation areas: either the ancient city (late 3rd millennium BCE to 3rd century CE)

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Call for Applications: Internship Opportunities with the Dadan Archaeological Project (Spring 2026) We are pleased to announce that the Dadan Archaeological Project is offering four internship positions for Saudi students during its Spring 2026 field season at Dadan (AlUla, KSA).

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

📢 CNRS is hiring – DADAN Project (Saudi Arabia) | Field Collections Manager (M/F) Apply via CNRS job portal: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Dr. Chloé Girardi — Worship in the Shadows: A Funerary Shrine in the Lihyanite Necropolis of Dadan (al-ʿUlā, KSA ) Dr. Shadi SHABO — Ceramic Production in the Dadan (al-ʿUlā) and Khaybar Oases during the Bronze Age: A Regional Perspective @cnrs.fr ; @EvehaInter ; @RCU_SA ; @AF_ALULA

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Two members of the Dadan Archaeological Project (DAP) will be presenting new research at the 58th Seminar for Arabian Studies, organised by @IASArabia

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Organized by AFALULA on behalf of RCU, this program aims to equip RCU Rawis (tour guides) with a deeper understanding of archaeological research and methodologies, fostering more informed and engaging heritage interpretation.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Fantastic evening yesterday with the AlUla Rawis! On 10 December 2025, members of the Dadan Archaeological Project joined the concluding session of the Mastery Program on Archaeology Mediation delivered by the @ecoledulouvre.bsky.social.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

After five years of research carried out by the Dadan Archaeological Project, this major historical site in #AlUla unveils its first permanent exhibition, showcasing the results of long-term scientific research. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPRP... @RCU_SA @AF_ALULA

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Nouvelle exposition permanente sur le site archéologique de Dadan, à AlUla

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

This visit was a special moment for the Dadan Archaeological Project, as it brought together those who excavated the site with the results of five years of collective work now shared with the public.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Today, part of our fieldwork technician team had the opportunity to discover the new permanent exhibition “Illuminating Discoveries: Uncovering the Layers of Dadan’s History” at the Dadan Visitor Centre. @cnrs.fr The Royal Commission for AlUla; AFALULA

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

with key contributions from Dr Chloé Girardi, Dr Fabien Lesguer, Dr Shadi Shabo, Dr Irene Rossi, Dr Fokelien Kootstra, Josselin Pinot, and Xavier Desormeau.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Under the co-direction of Dr Jérôme Rohmer (CNRS) and Dr Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani (RCU), the DAP team brought together a broad range of expertise to shape the exhibition,

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

These three millennia of history are now presented to the public in the new permanent exhibition at the Dadan Visitor Center: “Illuminating Discoveries: Uncovering the Layers of Dadan’s History”, curated by AFALULA and RCU to highlight the project’s results.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Building on the results of earlier investigations by King Saud University, the project’s large-scale excavations and surveys have revealed an unexpectedly long history spanning more than three millennia, contributing to reshaping our understanding of ancient Northwest Arabia.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Since 2020, the Dadan Archaeological Project (DAP) – carried out by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in collaboration with RCU and AFALULA – has shed new and critical light on the history of ancient Dadan, one of the major oasis cities of ancient Northwest Arabia.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Five years of discoveries by the Dadan Archaeological Project now unveiled at the new Dadan Visitor Center

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Jérôme Rohmer, Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, Charlène Bouchaud, Elora Chambraud, Vladimir Dabrowski, Hatem Djerbi, Fabien Lesguer, Hervé Monchot, Paul Picavet, Louise Purdue, Bertrand Riba, Shadi Shabo

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

This interdisciplinary work combines archaeology, ceramic studies, macrolithic tools, archaeobotany, archaeozoology and geoarchaeology to reassess the long-term occupation of Wādī al-Qurā.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The results offer the first archaeological evidence for the last two centuries before Islam in northwest Arabia, shedding new light on: -material culture and daily life -agricultural practices and resource management -diet and animal use

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Based on three excavation seasons (2021–2023) south of ancient Dadan, this study reveals a large Late Antique building, probably built over a Minaean settlement, and occupied from the late 3rd / early 4th to the early 7th century CE.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

We are pleased to announce the publication of: “Bridging the Late Antique Gap in Northwest Arabia: New Archaeological Evidence on the Occupation of Wādī al-Qurā (al-ʿUlā [AlUla], Saudi Arabia) Between the Third and Seventh Centuries CE” (Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy).

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

New article from the Dadan Archaeological Project! 📷 Read the article online: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

The architectural documentation of the sanctuary is being developed in close collaboration with architect F. Larché, CNRS.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

investigates the sanctuary’s architecture, religious practices, and the cultural connections linking north-western Arabia with neighbouring regions during the 2nd and 1st millennia BCE.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Her thesis, “Le sanctuaire urbain de Dhū Ghābat (Dadan, al-‘Ulā) aux IIe et Ier millénaires av. n.è. : architecture, religion et contacts culturels entre la péninsule arabique et les régions voisines”,

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Fieldwork has begun on the urban sanctuary of Dhū Ghābat at Dadan, as part of the doctoral research of M. Lenoir (@sorbonneparis1.bsky.social ), funded by the Programme Jaussen & Savignac Scholarship @cnrs.fr @RCU_SA @AF_ALULA

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

📷 The second sequence offers a glimpse of the famous Lion Tombs in the necropolis of Dadan, one of the site’s most iconic monuments. #DadanArchaeologicalProject #AssassinsCreedMirage #AlUla @ubisoft.com @RCU_SA

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Extensively excavated by King Saud University (2003–2018) and, more recently, by S. Lora within the Dadan Archaeological Project @cnrs.fr .

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Discover Dadan in Assassin’s Creed Mirage These two short clips from the “Valley of Memory” DLC take you inside key landmarks of the ancient city of Dadan. 📷 In the first sequence, the main character walks through the sanctuary dedicated to the deity Dhū Ghābat

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

This new phase of fieldwork is also an opportunity for first-aid and evacuation training provided by Cordata.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Resumption of the excavation of collective tomb 2788 under the direction of Dr C. Girardi and J. Obrecht, with the participation of the Cordata team (T. Godet and D. Labaeye). @cnrs.fr ; @RCU_SA ; @AF_ALULA

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

This new phase of fieldwork is also an opportunity for first-aid and evacuation training provided by Cordata.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Grateful for this collaboration between KAUST teams and Dadan Archaeological Project at the intersection of archaeology, heritage science, and advanced imaging.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

This 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 allows us to explore the internal structure of skeletal remains in remarkable detail — identifying traces of disease, trauma, or taphonomic alteration without damaging the specimens.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

One of the highlights was examining anomalies and pathologies on human bones using 𝗖𝗧 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

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Dadan Archaeological Project @dadanarchaeo.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Thank you Laurence Hapiot Last week was intense, collaborating with Dr. Chloe Girardi from the Dadan Archaeological Project (The Royal Commission for AlUla, CNRS, Agence française pour le développement d'AlUla - AFALULA).

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