Gabii – 2013
October 18, 2013 Gabii
The 2013 fieldwork season The first excavation season took place from the 5th of August to the 12th of September 2013. Its aim was to establish the nature of the remains and their stratigraphy and to characterise various earlier excavation areas. The 2013 season principally consisted of the opening […]
Al-Kharj – 2013
September 17, 2013 Al Kharj oasis
The third season of excavation and survey by the Saudi-French project at al-Yamāma took place between the 24th of October and the 29th of November 2013. The collaborator from Éveha International, an anthropologist, took part in the only funerary component of the project. The project comprised several components : – Excavation […]
Tyre – 2013
June 20, 2013
The sixth season of excavations and survey took place from the 7th-26th of October 2013. The main priority was the investigation of the mosque which predated the cathedral (Zone 1) and the Byzantine martyrium recently identified to the east of the site (Zone 4), but also the latrines of the […]
Mentesh Tepe – 2013
January 1, 2013 Mentesh Tepe
Currently the results of the archaeological campaign are being studied and are not communiquables.
Kunara – 2012
November 7, 2012 Kunara
The site of Kunara, which was identified during walk-over survey in 2011, was first excavated in 2012. Mapping the site Initially, magnetic survey was carried out on the parts of the site where terrain permitted – principally on the Lower Town. This revealed the presence of numerous walls, but the […]
Tanis – 2012
October 18, 2012 Tanis
In the autumn of 2012, Éveha International sent one of their topographers to take part in the Mission Française des Fouilles de Tanis. Unfortunately, technical problems prevented the work from taking place as initially envisaged. During this season, work continued on a number of wells discovered in the temenos of […]
Tyre – 2012
October 2, 2012
The 2012 season led to – among others – three important advances in our understanding of the town of Tyre. Firstly, in Zone 1, known as the medieval cathedral, the remains of a small building containing a basin were uncovered to the north-east of the cathedral, under vegetation and modern […]
Qalhât Project – 2012
September 12, 2012 Qalhât
Publication of the research The fifth season of the Qalhât Project took place from October 30 to December 6, 2012. This project is joint funded by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture of the Sultanate of Oman, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the CNRS, and is directed by […]