Al-Kharj – 2016

July 11, 2016 Al Kharj oasis

The fifth excavation season of the Franco-Saudi project at al-Kharj, co-directed by Jérémie Schiettecatte (CNRS) and Abdalaziz al-Hammad (SCTA, Riyadh), took place from 5 January to 5 February 2016. This season had three main objectives:   – Excavation of a Bronze Age necropolis on the site of Ayn al-Dila   […]

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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 […]

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