{"id":4027,"date":"2026-01-15T17:01:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/?page_id=4027"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:05:06","slug":"aghmat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/?page_id=4027","title":{"rendered":"Aghmat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-small-font-size\">\u00c9veha International est d\u00e9sormais associ\u00e9 au projet de mise en valeur et d&rsquo;\u00e9tude du site d&rsquo;Aghmat, au Maroc. <br>Ce dernier est plac\u00e9 sous la responsabilit\u00e9 d&rsquo;Abdallah Fili, de Ronald Messier et de Chlo\u00e9 Capel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-palette-12-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-f8171cbd4b997537ac5a644284c4eb62\">Direction<br><strong>Abdallah Fili<\/strong>\u00a0(Universit\u00e9 d\u2019El Jadida)<br><strong>Ronald Messier<\/strong>\u00a0(Middle State University\/Vanderbilt University)<br><strong>Chlo\u00e9 Capel<\/strong>\u00a0(CNRS, UMR 7041, Arscan)<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Participation d&rsquo;\u00c9veha<br><\/strong>Topographie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Localisation<\/strong> <br>Maroc<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-theme-palette-12-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-theme-palette-12-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Localisation et r\u00e9sum\u00e9 historique<\/strong><br>Le site m\u00e9di\u00e9val d\u2019Aghmat est localis\u00e9 dans l\u2019actuel village de Ghmat, \u00e0 30 km au sud-est de Marrakech, dans la province marocaine du Haouz. Implant\u00e9 au contact des pi\u00e9monts du Haut-Atlas, ce site de plaine b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie d\u2019un emplacement strat\u00e9gique \u00e0 l\u2019embouchure de la vall\u00e9e montagneuse de l\u2019Ourika, axe d\u2019\u00e9changes et route commerciale transsaharienne.<br>Les sources historiques mentionnent l\u2019existence d\u2019Aghmat avant l\u2019av\u00e8nement de l\u2019Islam au Maroc. La ville est d\u00e9j\u00e0 florissante au cours de la p\u00e9riode Idrisside (VIII<sup>e<\/sup>-IX<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0si\u00e8cles). \u00c0 cette \u00e9poque capitale d\u2019un \u00e9mirat local, elle se hisse au rang de capitale d\u2019empire lorsqu\u2019elle est investie par les Almoravides (XI<sup>e<\/sup>-XII<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0si\u00e8cles) au milieu du XI<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0si\u00e8cle.. En 1070, Marrakech, nouvelle capitale almoravide, est fond\u00e9e \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 et entre en concurrence directe avec Aghmat. A partir de ce moment, la ville p\u00e9riclite peu \u00e0 peu avant d\u2019\u00eatre abandonn\u00e9e vers la fin du XIV<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0si\u00e8cle.<br>Le site est progressivement r\u00e9occup\u00e9 \u00e0 partir du XVI<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0si\u00e8cle, donnant naissance \u00e0 l\u2019actuel village de Ghmat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Historique des recherches<\/strong><br>Malgr\u00e9 l\u2019importance du site, la ville m\u00e9di\u00e9vale d\u2019Aghmat n\u2019a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00eatre \u00e9tudi\u00e9e qu\u2019\u00e0 partir de 1964. A cette \u00e9poque, un recensement topographique des vestiges visibles est entrepris. En 1995, le site est int\u00e9gr\u00e9 dans une \u00e9tude sur les origines de la ville islamique au Maroc. C\u2019est dans ce cadre que les premiers sondages arch\u00e9ologiques sont effectu\u00e9s, sans toutefois donner lieu \u00e0 d\u2019autres campagnes d\u2019\u00e9tudes.<br>En 2005, une demande diplomatique am\u00e9ricaine vise \u00e0 assurer la protection de l\u2019ancien hammam d\u2019Aghmat, encore visible. Ceci donne naissance au projet actuel qui comporte plusieurs volets&nbsp;: fouilles arch\u00e9ologiques, restaurations des vestiges et mise en valeur du site.<br>Apr\u00e8s un diagnostic arch\u00e9ologique et une prospection p\u00e9destre, des campagnes de fouilles sur le hammam sont men\u00e9es, doubl\u00e9es de travaux de conservation. En 2008, suite \u00e0 des prospections g\u00e9omagn\u00e9tiques, un nouveau secteur de fouilles est ouvert sur une zone palatiale, puis sur un habitat attenant. Enfin, en 2010, la grande mosqu\u00e9e d\u2019Aghmat est localis\u00e9e puis progressivement d\u00e9gag\u00e9e.<br>Actuellement les fouilles arch\u00e9ologiques se concentrent principalement sur l\u2019espace situ\u00e9 entre la mosqu\u00e9e et le hammam, o\u00f9 se trouvent entre autres le bassin des ablutions, un axe de circulation et des r\u00e9seaux hydrauliques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Dans le cadre du projet de conservation\/valorisation, les vestiges d\u00e9gag\u00e9s et \u00e9tudi\u00e9s sont stabilis\u00e9s et restaur\u00e9s dans un souci de r\u00e9versibilit\u00e9 et de lisibilit\u00e9. De plus, un projet de plus grande ampleur a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 initi\u00e9 : il s\u2019agit de construire un centre de recherche et d\u2019interpr\u00e9tation sur la cit\u00e9 historique d\u2019Aghmat, associ\u00e9 \u00e0 la mise \u00e0 niveau urbaine de la ville actuelle de Ghmat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Partenaires<\/strong> <br>Fondation Aghmat<br>Facult\u00e9 des Lettres El Jadida<br>Universit\u00e9 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne<br>Middle Tennessee State University<br>American Institute for Maghreb Studies<br>Fondation Jardin Majorelle<br>Barakat Trust Foundation<br>Ambassador\u2019s Fund for Cultural Preservation<br>Moroccan-American Commission for Educational &amp; Cultural Exchange (Macece)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-11-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-d7bda7a420e819788712d8a8eb887826\"><strong>Liens<\/strong> :<br><a href=\"http:\/\/aghmatarchaeology.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fondation Aghmat<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/7327696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">R\u00e9seau academia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Campagnes <\/h2>\n\n\n<ul style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-4 has-link-color wp-elements-b69b6e480d958a52a94b1b89e724a548 wp-block-latest-posts has-text-color has-theme-palette-12-color has-small-font-size\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/?p=781\" aria-label=\"Aghmat &#8211; 2015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/small-Ill.-2Aghmat-2015.resized.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/small-Ill.-2Aghmat-2015.resized.jpg 770w, https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/small-Ill.-2Aghmat-2015.resized-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/?p=781\">Aghmat &#8211; 2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/?p=2228\" aria-label=\"Aghmat &#8211; 2016\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aghmat_2016_small.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aghmat_2016_small.jpg 770w, https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aghmat_2016_small-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aghmat_2016_small-768x484.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/?p=2228\">Aghmat &#8211; 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/?p=2236\" aria-label=\"Aghmat &#8211; 2017\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aghmat_2017_small.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aghmat_2017_small.jpg 770w, https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aghmat_2017_small-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aghmat_2017_small-768x484.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/?p=2236\">Aghmat &#8211; 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/?p=1490\" aria-label=\"Aghmat &#8211; 2018\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aghmat_2018_small.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aghmat_2018_small.jpg 770w, https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/aghmat_2018_small-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/?p=1490\">Aghmat &#8211; 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c9veha International est d\u00e9sormais associ\u00e9 au projet de mise en valeur et d&rsquo;\u00e9tude du site d&rsquo;Aghmat, au Maroc. Ce dernier est plac\u00e9 sous la responsabilit\u00e9 d&rsquo;Abdallah Fili, de Ronald Messier et de Chlo\u00e9 Capel. DirectionAbdallah Fili\u00a0(Universit\u00e9 d\u2019El Jadida)Ronald Messier\u00a0(Middle State University\/Vanderbilt University)Chlo\u00e9 Capel\u00a0(CNRS, UMR 7041, Arscan) Participation d&rsquo;\u00c9vehaTopographie Localisation Maroc Localisation et r\u00e9sum\u00e9 historiqueLe site&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4028,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4027","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4027"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4031,"href":"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4027\/revisions\/4031"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eveha-international.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}