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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

🔍 Presented at #ICAANE2025: three years of excavations at Menjez, northern Lebanon, as part of the MEG-A project. Preliminary results & possible scenarios for this megalithic community at the turn of the 4th millennium BCE. #archaeology #MEGA #Lebanon #UNIGE

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

@meryl-dfs.bsky.social gave a great talk at the 14th ICAANE in Lyon! Focused on the megaliths of Menjez (Lebanon) and cultural practices in Akkar (5th–3rd mill. BCE). A detailed geoarchaeological look at their symbolism and materiality.

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Thrilled to see our exhibition reach Beirut! Launched in Geneva back in October 2020, this collective journey was made possible by the amazing teamwork of @flocousseau.bsky.social, Marie Besse, Martine Piguet, Thomas Thibout, and the students of the Faculty of Science (UNIGE - Geneva)

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

27-28 mars à Lyon une rencontre enrichissante entre archéologues travaillant au Liban. Cet événement, organisé par Jwana Chahoud et Zuzanna Wygnanska, offre une belle occasion d'échanger sur les dernières découvertes et méthodologies déployées dans les projets en cours

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

We are delighted to announce the publication of Antoine Caminada's article on the distribution of dolmens west of Irbid. Most of the sites mentioned have disappeared since the survey's in 2005 @unige @mariebesse3 #Science #Dolmen #Jordan #Archaeology

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

Fortunately we have the invaluable help of @josruiflo who has just spent a month studying #megalithism in Brittany with our colleague @FloCousseau

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

2/2 Support came from the Swiss-Liechtenstein Foundation in Zürich @slsa. Stay tuned for daily updates from our 28 days of fieldwork! #FieldworkUpdate @sciences_UNIGE @Jor_antiquities @EDA_DFAE

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

5/5 🛡️ Preservation is key! With urban and agricultural developments threatening these sites, our work ensures proper documentation and digital preservation, safeguarding this heritage for future generations @Jor_antiquities. #CulturalHeritage #Preservation #Jordan

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 06/07/2024

4/5 Thanks to the use of @pix4d, efficiency and speed were key for creating beautiful 3D representations of the monuments discovered this year. With the monuments under severe threat of destruction, the digital duplication of the tombs is critical.

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 06/07/2024

3/5 We launched seven exploratory digs to delve into the chronology and integration of various tomb types within the ancient landscapes. A heartfelt thank you to @MocLebanon -@DGA and @Menjezmunicipality for their invaluable support and assistance in this archaeological quest!

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 06/07/2024

2/5 This season, we’ve fully decoded the “chaine opératoire” and typologies of the Menjez dolmens—no secrets remain hidden from @defours_meryl

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 06/07/2024

Thrilling discoveries from Menjez, Lebanon🇱🇧! In the last two weeks, the Swiss mission MEG-A, supported by @sciences_UNIGE and @fns_ch, has unravelled some secrets of megalithic tombs. a thread👇1/5

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 17/06/2024

Menjez's megalithic heritage was presented at LAC conference, special thanks to the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities. Congrats to @defours_meryl and @josruiflo from the @sciences_UNIGE for their brilliant presentations. @sn

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 08/05/2024

So proud of the commitment of students at the University of Geneva. We stand together!

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

Incredible study trip to Jordan by students of prehistoric archaeology from @sciences_UNIGE @unige_en @UNIGEnews Visits to major sites #ainghazal #albeidha #baja #shawbakdolmens #tellalumayri #babedhdhra #petra thanks to @defours_meryl and the students for the preparation

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

The UniGe exhibition Mégalithes d'ici, Mégalithes d'ailleurs @sciences_UNIGE travels to France: after several months at the Chateau-Musée de Bélesta, it is now on display at Carhaix-Plouguer. We hope to extend it to Lebanon @SwissAmbLEB @MocLebanon

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 21/06/2023

MEG-A project OSL party! The results of the first samples taken in 2022 were encouraging. We hope to do better this year @sciences_UNIGE @fns_ch @MocLebanon

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 22/05/2023

ICAANE here we are! Thanks to @fns_ch @sciences_UNIGE @UNIGEnews for their support to MEG-A project. We are presenting the first results of our field work in the Akkar north Lebanon, the most wonderful place for the megalithism @defours_meryl @ZuzannaWygnans1

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 20/11/2022

2000 islamo gauchistes, anti fachos, un vrai bonheur de rire autant, de tout et aussi bien entourée @WalyDIA merci pour cette belle soirée

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 10/11/2022

MEG-A Team back to Geneva, time for report and sample's analysis. Thanks to DGA and the inhabitants of Menjez - Lebanon (North Akkar) @sciences_UNIGE @fns_ch @ZuzannaWygnans1 @MocLebanon

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 31/10/2022

Day #5 Menjez has a nice surprise in store for us with a typical Chalcolithic rectangular house near the megalithic tombs of Wadi Fazaa @UNIGEnews @sciences_UNIGE @fns_ch @MocLebanon @ZuzannaWygnans1 @defours_meryl

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 23/10/2022

Sujet largement évoqué dans les contributions sur l'Asie de l'ouvrage Mégalithes dans le Monde dirigé par L. Laporte, J.-M. Large, C. Scarre, L. Nespoulous, @Tara_Steimer édité en FR par l’Association des Publications Chauvinoises et en EN par @Archaeopress @UNIGEnews x.com/LeSalonNoirFC/…

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 23/10/2022

Coup de projecteur par @LeSalonNoirFC sur le mégalithisme ! Un grand merci aux 150 contributeurs du livre Mégalithes dans le Monde@CReAAH_UMR6566 @UNIGEnews x.com/LeSalonNoirFC/… archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/P…

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 19/10/2022

D-6 before flying back to Akkar with the archaeological Swiss team of the MEG-A project @sciences_UNIGE. This time we will search a tomb that has not been explored by Father M. Tallon @USJLiban. Very happy to meet again our Lebanese colleagues for new adventures @MocLebanon

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 30/08/2022

Enfin dans le volume II, partie IV de "Mégalithes dans le Monde" mon article de synthèse sur le mégalithisme au Moyen-Orient ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 30/08/2022

Toujours dans le Volume I, partie III de "Mégalithes dans le Monde" au chapitre 13 mon article sur les mégalithes indonésiens ⬇️⬇️

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 30/08/2022

Dans le volume I, partie I de "Mégalithes dans le Monde" (Laporte et al. 2022) vous trouverez mon article sur la Genèse du mégalithisme au Moyen-Orient @sciences_UNIGE @UNIGEnews ⬇️

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 15/08/2022

The equivalent of the Ten Commandments in megalithism! What a great adventure, thanks to all the co-authors 🥰. In French& Open access in English archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/P… chauvigny-patrimoine.fr/Editions/fiche…

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 01/08/2022

Here we are, last baby! chauvigny-patrimoine.fr/Editions/fiche…

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 03/07/2022

MEG-A This time it is Thierry Blaise who honors us by being with us in the Akkar. Carvings of Menjez have been selected to be reproduced in plaster casts. These casts will be used to study the different engraving techniques from Geneva @sciences_UNIGE @UNIGEnews @MocLebanon

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 29/06/2022

MEG-A 2022, after having tried the OSL sampling at night, we test the sampling under the black tent! Luckily today there is not too much wind. @sciences_UNIGE @UNIGEnews @MTVLebanonNews @LBCI_NEWS @ArcheoMegaliths @ZuzannaWygnans1

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 22/06/2022

We are starting to get an idea of their construction methods! They are famous architects, full of resources to manage to assemble meticulously blocks of several tons @UNIGEnews @sciences_UNIGE @MocLebanon @ArcheoMegaliths @ZuzannaWygnans1 @PCMA_UW

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 21/06/2022

We go to the superior speed with 8 workers of Menjez and 3 more soundings. The results are not long in coming, the megalithic tombs give us some of their secrets @UNIGEnews @sciences_UNIGE @MocLebanon @LebanonEguide @ArcheoMegaliths @ZuzannaWygnans1

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 20/06/2022

Akkar North Lebanon: 3 soundings to try to understand the relationships between the different structures adjacent to the megalithic tombs. Five new tombs are surveyed using photogrammetry in Menjez @MerylDefours @sciences_UNIGE @UNIGEnews @MocLebanon

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 19/06/2022

We take our marks around the megalithic tomb of Kroum Metowmeh in Menjez (Akkar - North Lebanon) @sciences_UNIGE @UNIGEnews @ArcheoMegaliths @MocLebanon @LebanonEguide

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 18/06/2022

Let's go for new adventures with MEG-A 2022 @sciences_UNIGE. This year the students of the Prehistoric Archaeology Laboratory of Geneva are part of the trip to Menjez in North Akkar @mariebesse3 @UNIGEnews @MocLebanon @LebanonEguide @LOrientLeJour

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 30/05/2022

🥁🎉Expected to be released at the end of August this year. Volumes in English and French, 1400 pages, 150 researchers, 72 articles, (almost) all the continents visited... #archeology #Stonehenge #Megaliths

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 27/05/2022

This is great news, this prehistoric megalithic architecture covers a vast geographical area from Hadramawt in Yemen to Iraq #Archaeology #Megalith #MiddleEast #Prehistory Remains of a human behavior specific to these regions @unige_int @unige_en x.com/EAMENA123/stat…

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 19/05/2022

Very happy to have been able to study it in 2005, a major piece of Yemeni prehistory #Yemen #Archaeology @Megaliths x.com/ABahomaid/stat…

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 23/04/2022

Important exhibition in the @britishmuseum but gold is taking more light than Stone in #TheWorldOfStonehenge #Archaeology #megalithic

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 06/04/2022

Save the date! To get the link mail to:seminariumarcheologiczne@iksio.pan.pl

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 26/03/2022

Spring in Wadi Fazaa, what a beautiful place with it's amazing carvings #Lebanon #Archaeology #akkar @ZuzannaWygnans1

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 25/03/2022

Back in Lebanon for few days. We are preparing next season in Menjez #Lebanon #Archaeology @unige_en @unige_int @ZuzannaWygnans1

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 05/08/2021

Dans le cadre d’un projet de recherche international au Liban financé par le Fonds National Suisse le Laboratoire d’archéologie préhistorique et anthropologie de l’Université de Genève, propose un contrat doctoral de quatre ans à partir du 1er janvier 2022 @sciences_UNIGE

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 05/08/2021

Here comes the job advertisement for an exciting PhD-project on Megalithic societies in the Middle East. Please feel free to advertise this position. @sciences_UNIGE #Lebanon #Archaeology #PhDcall

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 16/07/2021

It's crazy but my grant proposal for a 4-years project in Lebanon is officially accepted! :) It's No. 17 on a ranking list:@sciences_UNIGE @UNIGEnews #Lebanon #Archaeology #MiddleEast #Megaliths #FNS ncn.gov.pl/konkursy/wynik…

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 18/06/2021

Day 7 in the amazing megalithic necropolis of Menjez #Lebanon! Our fieldwork survey is a success with more than 30 rock art panels @sciences_UNIGE @UNIGEnews. Thanks to @mariebesse3, Fondation Gandur pour l'art, DGA and Municipality of Menjez (Akkar).

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Tara Steimer-Herbet @tara-steimer.bsky.social · 14/06/2021

Menjez #Lebanon 2021 - Day 2! Happy to be back to Wadi Fazaa with it's amazing rock art. Thanks to @sciences_UNIGE and to Fondation Gandur pour l'Art.

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