As part of the French Archaeological Mission in Jawf-Hadramawt, Michel Mouton’s work focuses on the territory of the South Arabian site of Makaynun (Hadramawt). This site, occupied from at least the second half of the 2nd millennium until the beginning of our era, is part of an agricultural landscape developed over the centuries from complex…
The OrAM team has been working since the early 2000s on the Farasan Islands archipelago, located in Saudi Arabia, 40 km from the coast and not far from the Yemeni border. The discovery of a Latin inscription, dated to 144 AD and mentioning the ancient name of the archipelago, Ferresan, led to several publications by…
Excavation and research program The site of Takht-i Sangin, located in southern Tajikistan and north of ancient Bactria, lies at the confluence of the Vakhsh and Pandj rivers, which together form the Amu Darya. Positioned on a narrow strip of land between the river and a mountain range (Aktau), the site was first identified in…
Excavation and Research program The Archaeological Mission of Southern Tajikistan conducted fieldwork at Takht-i Sangin, located in the southern part of the country on the right bank of the Amu Darya in 2015 and 2017. In 2016 and 2019, the mission carried out surveys in several valleys (Kafirnigan, Vakhsh, Tayr-su, Yakh-su) and the surrounding area…
The years 2003-2004 were mainly devoted to the publication of our research in Yemen. Indeed, since the excavations at Shabwa could not continue – for reasons beyond our control – it quickly became necessary to start publishing them. Initially, the manuscript for the fourth volume of the Shabwa Excavations was completely revised and then sent…
the archaeological site The site of Cyrrhus-Nebi Houri is located near the Syrian-Turkish border. The city, covering nearly 65 hectares and the capital of Cyrrhestica, was founded by Seleucus I and then successively occupied during the Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic periods. Its location on the main routes leading from Antioch to the Euphrates or towards…
the archaeological site Dura-Europos on the Euphrates is located in the southeast of Syria, near the current border with Iraq. The city, covering just over 60 hectares and situated at a crossing point of the Euphrates, was a stop along the routes that led from east to west. It is believed to have been founded…
Mathilde Gelin, Shaker Al Shbib (DGAMS, Idlib) The city of Apamea on the Orontes, founded by Seleucus I, was one of the major cities of the Tetrapolis, which controlled access of the Seleucid Empire to the Mediterranean. It then experienced significant occupation during the Roman period, followed by the Byzantine and medieval periods. Regular excavations…
Publications in preparation The Archaeological Atlas of Palmyra The most ambitious program is the archaeological atlas of Palmyra, an international project involving Syria, France, Germany, Poland, and Japan. The most ambitious program is the archaeological atlas of Palmyra, an international project involving Syria, France, Germany, Poland, and Japan. Significant work has been carried out in…
Support provided by sponsorship from Total and its subsidiary Total E&P Syria made it possible, starting in 2000, to study a complete village in southern Syria, Shâ‘ra, located in the northwest corner of the Laja, the ancient Trachonitis. This area of recent lava flows with chaotic landscapes, difficult to access, was at the beginning of…
The Hellenistic establishment Failaka Island, located in the Arabian-Persian Gulf 20 km off the north-eastern coast of Kuwait City, lies on the maritime route linking Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean, at the crossroads of Mesopotamian, Arabian, Persian, and Indian worlds. Its freshwater resources enabled the settlement of human settlements from the Middle Bronze Age to…
