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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Satellite imagery covering covering various areas of the UK during the dry summer is already going up on Google Earth. Already a few previously undocumented archaeological sites are visible, inc. this triple-ditched (IA/RB) enclosure in Shropshire. Source: Google; Airbus.

A satellite image where three concentric buried ditches of a probable Iron Age or Romano-British enclosure are visible as archaeological cropmarks at a site in Shropshire, UK.

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Matthew Teller @matthewteller.com · 09/09/2026

I am crowdfunding to support Palestinian volunteers working on this historic archive. Until UK universities recruit archivists—which may not happen—volunteers in Palestine & the UK are working independently to keep the archive functional. Please donate if you can: www.gofundme.com/the-raja-she...

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PALESTINIAN ARCHIVE SAVED —But Hard Work Begins Now! An important Palestinian literary, cul… Matthew Teller needs your support for The Raja Shehadeh Archive

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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Image shared on X, originating from an extremist settler youth movement, shows what is supposed to be a settler outpost in Gaza near Beit Hanoun: x.com/ArbelReports... Located SW of Beit Hanoun, between 2 IDF outposts/bases that've been built in the past year. Pavilion first appeared in June 2026.

Annotated Planet Labs SkySat satellite image taken on July 7 2026 in northern Gaza. Most of the buildings visible have been reduced to rubble. Two IDF bases are visible as well as the Indonesian Hospital, which is still standing amongst the rubble. A gravel road connects the two IDF bases and along the road is a gravel pad that matches a photo shared online recently supposedly showing a settlement outpost. It's unclear if the wood pavilion pictured is part of an outpost or something related to IDF activity in the area.

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In any dry summer a range of archaeological cropmarks are visible in Oxford's University Park, but are particularly clear following our recent heatwaves including a cluster of small pit marks at the W end of this ring ditch south of the cricket nets. @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Join us for our @britishacademy.bsky.social & Arcadia 'Mapping World Archaeology' Conference 📍Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College, England 📅 Monday 7 December - Wednesday 9 December Register now! Early Bird rate £50 until 1st August! Follow link to register: 🔗 eamena.org/british-acad...

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Looking forward to the @cbbworld.bsky.social tour with @pftompkins.bsky.social coming to the UK, but with all this talk of balcony reports I wonder if they are are aware that PFT's twin Captain Barnacles and the rest of the Octonauts have Creature Reports! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Octonauts - Creature Report! | Playlist - YouTube

Learn About The Exciting Animals And Wildlife That Live In The Sea!

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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This same kind of thing happened in Gaza as entire towns have been completely destroyed. “When you watch your house being deliberately detonated, you feel helplessness and injustice,” she told me. “You ask why. Why did this happen? In the end, it is our house.” thepublicsource.org/after-image/...

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Satellite Images as a Form of Return for Displaced Families

Journalist Zaynab Mayladan on witnessing the destruction of home from exile.

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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

SkySat imagery from @planet.com shows that Swedish Village — located on the coastal border between Gaza and Egypt — has been fully destroyed by the IDF. The village of ~1,300 people was mostly destroyed and turned into an outpost when the IDF first invaded Rafah in 2024. Now nothing remains.

A Planet Labs high resolution satellite image showing Swedish Village in southern Gaza on December 7 2023. The village is a small square made up of tightly-packed buildings on the coast. The large border wall between Egypt and Gaza is visible to the southwest and the east and north parts of the village are surrounded by sandy terrain. The Mediterranean Sea lies immediately to the northwest.

A Planet Labs high resolution satellite image showing Swedish Village in southern Gaza on December 31 2025. Very little of the village remains with only a few buildings still standing and converted into an IDF military outpost with a new comms tower set up near the Egyptian border wall. A large jetty is being constructed on the Egyptian side of the coastal border.

A Planet Labs high resolution satellite image showing Swedish Village in southern Gaza on May 26 2026. Nothing remains of the village and construction vehicles are visible on top of a large flattened area. The jetty on the Egyptian coast has grown and there has been some more added to the comms pylon part of the IDF military outpost.

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

#Satellite images show further damage to the Commonwealth war cemetery in #Gaza. Between 5th and 16th April 2026 a bulldozed track was cut, covering the S. wall and part of the cemetery. This is symptomatic of continued damage to land and buildings across the occupied Red Zone. Source: Planet Labs.

Satellite image of the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in Gaza taken on 5 April 2026 with earlier damage in the southern corner of the cemetery (Source: Planet Labs).

Satellite image of the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in Gaza taken on 16 April 2026 with the bulldozer damage visible along the S perimeter and a fire alight to the NW (Source: Planet Labs).

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Our Bijan Rouhani discusses whether cultural heritage has become a victim of the war in Iran. Watch the interview on BBC Arabic 🔗 www.bbc.com/arabic/artic...

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تراث حضاري ضحية الحرب في إيران - BBC News عربي

تراث حضاري ضحية الحرب في إيران

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

On the vague chance anyone is in Oxford today & wants to hear more about my research into archaeological misinformation, deviant archaeology & the far right, I'm giving the Pitt Rivers Museum Research Seminar in Visual, Material & Museum Anthropology in the Lecture Theatre at 12. Discussion after!

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PRM Research Seminar in Visual, Material and Museum Anthropology

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

My work in identifying these #Roman camps in SE #Jordan and our recent fieldwork is discussed on this recent podcast starring Bob Bewley and the @cbrl.bsky.social's Firas Bqa'in. @eamena.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Our discovery of a series of Roman camps in SE Jordan is subject of episode 10 of the CBRL's Learning from the Past podcast. Featuring former director Bob Bewley & CBRL's Firas Bqa'in talking about the identification of sites & subsequent aerial survey & field survey. 🔗 www.cbrl.ac.uk/media-listing/

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

My recent analysis supporting the Centre for Cultural Heritage Protection (CCHP) in Bethlehem with their @britishcouncil.bsky.social funded assessment of heritage damage in the #Gaza Strip #Palestine.

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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

An inspiring talk today by our heritage colleagues from Iraq, discussing their work documenting destruction of heritage sites by ISIS & al-Qaeda. They are building new, trusted networks with locals. They’ll also talk at #BANEA conf at UCL this week. Catch them there if you can! @eamena.bsky.social

A photo of the speakers and staff at the School. They are each holding a volume of the newly published series

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Today: Settlers invade the West Bank village of Qaryut, shoot dead two Palestinians in their home, injure several others www.timesofisrael.com/two-men-shot...

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Has anybody done any work calculating the height of burial mounds from ring ditch dimensions where a mound no longer exists? #archaeology #burialmounds

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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Updated PlanetScope imagery from @planet.com shows the berm shown below continues to expand. February 16 imagery shows an additional 500m of berm construction since last week. Additional berm construction and clearing activity along the Yellow Line visible north of Rafah and south of Gaza city.

A PlanetScope satellite image from Planet Labs showing south central Gaza on February 11, 2026. One of Gaza's main north-south roads — Salah al-Deen Road is labeled. The Yellow Line is also indicated running north and south through the image. There is a large amount of destruction visible in the image including in Wadi as-Salqa, a labeled town. The northern part of a 2.6km long berm is labeled, as well as an IDF outpost further north.

A PlanetScope satellite image from Planet Labs showing south central Gaza on February 16, 2026. One of Gaza's main north-south roads — Salah al-Deen Road is labeled. The Yellow Line is also indicated running north and south through the image. There is a large amount of destruction visible in the image including in Wadi as-Salqa, a labeled town. The 2.6km berm has grown by about 500m, which is labeled in the image.

A PlanetScope satellite image from Planet Labs showing southern Gaza just north of Rafah on February 16, 2026. The Yellow Line is indicated with a yellow line on the imagery. Three IDF outposts are labeled as well as largescale clearing work visible south of the Yellow Line. Two areas along the Yellow Line are annotated with boxes showing about 2.3km of new berm construction that's been built since January 12 2026.

A PlanetScope satellite image from Planet Labs showing northern Gaza on February 16, 2026. One of Gaza's main north-south roads — Salah al-Deen Road is labeled. The Yellow Line is also indicated running north and south through the image. There is a large amount of destruction visible in the image including in the three labeled towns — Juhr al-Dik, Al-Mughraqa and Al-Zahra. All three have been completely destroyed. Three IDF outposts are labeled as well. Two rectangles annotate brown lines where apparent clearing activtiy and berm construction is visible in the PlanetScope imagery, amounting to about 3.7km of new construction since January 12, 2026.

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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Looking at PlanetScope imagery from today, the Netzarim corridor berm I noted in the post below has already reached Wadi Gaza. The Wadi As-Salqa one has also continued to grow and extends 300m further north.

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

A brief note on my fieldwork out in Jordan last Autumn, looking at a series of Roman camps while possible following in the footsteps of a military campaign in the early 2nd century AD.

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Royal Air Force Museum @rafmuseum.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Half Term isn’t just for the kids ✈️ This Thursday (19 Feb) we’re hosting the Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Coventry Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society. “RAF Habbaniya – The RAF Garden of Eden” 🚪 6.15pm | 📍 National Cold War Exhibition Free for Members. Guests welcome: bit.ly/4aQlGcy

RAF Habbaniya - image shows a man walking down a path at the RAF station with Palm Trees in the background.

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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Recent PlanetScope imagery from @planet.com shows a new 2.6km-long berm that's been built by the IDF in south central Gaza near Kisufim Road. The berm roughly follows the "Yellow Line" that divides IDF-occupied areas and the rest of Gaza. Similar berms are visible elsewhere in the north and south.

A PlanetScope satellite image from Planet Labs showing south central Gaza on January 12, 2026. Two roads are labeled — Salah al-Deen Road going north and south and Kisufim Road, which runs from Salah al-Deen to the Gaza-Israel border. The Yellow Line is also indicated running north and south through the image. There is a large amount of destruction visible in the image, especially in the two visible towns — Wadi al-Salqa and Al-Qarara. An IDF outpost is visible as is a paved aid staging area.

A PlanetScope satellite image from Planet Labs showing south central Gaza on February 11, 2026. Two roads are labeled — Salah al-Deen Road going north and south and Kisufim Road, which runs from Salah al-Deen to the Gaza-Israel border. The Yellow Line is also indicated running north and south through the image. There is a large amount of destruction visible in the image, especially in the two visible towns — Wadi al-Salqa and Al-Qarara. An IDF outpost is visible as is a paved aid staging area. A long dirt berm is now visible, bisecting Kisufim Road and running toward the north. It's 2.6km long and follows closely with the Yellow Line.

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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Archaeology of #Persian #Garden complex discovered by our @eamena.bsky.social team. 🪷🍒🍎🌴🛰️#RemoteSensing #aerialphotos

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 03/02/2026

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

Black-and-white aerial photograph of the garden site, annotated with coloured lines representing features such as walls and water channels.

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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.

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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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Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net · 16/12/2025

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.

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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’

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Dr. Michelle de Gruchy @mwdegruchy.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

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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Transform Drug Policy Foundation @transformdrugs.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

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...

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Archaeologists Against Apartheid and Genocide @archagainstaparth.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

More Israeli theft of archaeological artefacts from Gaza #🏺

Dr. Hamouda Al-Dahdar, supervisor of the restoration of the historic Pasha Palace said the Israeli occupation stole approximately 17,000 artifacts from the Pasha Palace Museum in Gaza City, which it deliberately destroyed during the war, and only 20 artifacts were found in the rubble of the palace.

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Dr Frankenstein/Oscar Isaac = Lovejoy/Ian McShane

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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

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...

A Planet Labs satellite image showing the mostly-destroyed Shujaiyah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City and the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar on October 14 2025. A set of schools are visible north of the mound and an inset image shows a screenshot of a BBC video that appears to have been filmed from Tell Ali Muntar looking toward the destroyed schools.

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

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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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

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.

A September 18 2025 SkySat satellite image from Planet Labs showing part of Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood where the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar is located. Most of the buildings surrounding the hill have been destroyed. There are IDF vehicles and gravel visible at an apparent IDF outpost on top of the hill.

A October 7 2025 SkySat satellite image from Planet Labs showing part of Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood where the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar is located. Most of the buildings surrounding the hill have been destroyed. There are IDF vehicles and other material visible at an apparent IDF outpost on top of the hill, which is now black indicating the previous gravel area has been paved over.

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

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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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

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

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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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Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans - Episode 3

Bettany visits spectacular Petra and takes to the skies to explore newly found Roman camps

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Première Urgence Internationale @premiereurgenceint.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

“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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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.

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robertbewley.bsky.social @robertbewley.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

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...

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Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans

Bettany Hughes unravels the enigma of the influential ancient people who history forgot

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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.

A satellite image of the archaeological site of Newhall Tower in Cheshire, with buried features visible in the differential growth of crops being grown over the site.

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

📣📣 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...

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EAMENA @eamena.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

📣📣 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...

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(Mar)Chella Ward @luxmea.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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...

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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

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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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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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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

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...

An August 8 2025 SkySat satellite image from Planet Labs showing part of Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood where the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar is located. Much of the buildings surrounding the hill have been destroyed. There are temporary structures visible at an apparent IDF outpost on top of the hill.

An August 16 2025 SkySat satellite image from Planet Labs showing part of Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood where the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar is located. Much of the buildings surrounding the hill have been destroyed. The temporary structures on the hill are gone. Part of the hill on the east side has been disturbed in an apparent earthworks effort.

An August 17 2025 SkySat satellite image from Planet Labs showing part of Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood where the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar is located. Much of the buildings surrounding the hill have been destroyed. The temporary structures on the hill are gone, though small vehicles appear to be present. Part of the hill on the east side has been disturbed in an apparent earthworks effort and it appears there are heavy vehicles present.

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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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...

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Dominic Manchee @dpmanchee.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

And this is destruction of a 5th - 7th C CE Byzantine basilica and chapel. Right hand picture was taken in early 2025. youtu.be/alb0mGJNJ9o?...

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Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Really important updates from @godin.bsky.social @bellingcat.com. While there has been little effort by the Israeli military to protect cultural heritage in #Gaza #Palestine, it now looks like even if the best known and protected/preserved #archaeological sites are open to needless destruction.

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