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…
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…
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…
La responsabilité de préservation du patrimoine culturel, inhérente à l’archéologie, est un volet important de l’activité de l’équipe, en particulier à travers son expertise pour les pays en situation de guerre ou en crise (Syrie, Liban, Yémen, Éthiopie) et une conception de programmes de préservation (architecture de terre, prévention de l’urbanisation moderne : Koweït, Tadjikistan). De…
Mleiha Research managers : Sophie Méry and Michel Mouton The site of Mleiha was the subject of excavations organized by the French Archaeological Mission in Sharjah from 1986 to 2000. After several years of studying the accumulated documentation (with the publication of two books by the Maison de l’Orient), it now seems necessary for us to…
Presentation of the mission and its objectives The French-Jordanian archaeological mission of Dharih is a program of the UMR 7041 ArScAn of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ifpo; on the Jordanian side, mainly the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology of Yarmouk University, and the Department of Antiquities. A strong collaboration with the University…
Director of the French archaeological mission in Petra: Laurent Tholbecq UMR 7041 ArScAn, OrAM Team (Nanterre) & Free University of Brussels (ULB) The French archaeological mission in Petra, which receives support from the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, works to study the religious spaces of the Nabataean capital. It has developed its programs around…
Starting in 1981, the French archaeological mission in southern Syria participated in the exploration of ancient Bosra. The research focused on understanding urban planning, through city-wide surveys, as well as particular monuments, and several archaeological excavations were carried out, allowing for the establishment of a detailed chronology of observed phenomena, especially for the Nabataean, Roman,…
Persons in charge: P.-M. Blanc (UMR 7041), J.-M. Dentzer † (member of the Institute), F. Braemer (UMR 6130). Participants of the UMR :J. Bruant, C. Casasoprana, P. Clauss-Balty, C. Delplace, J. Dentzer-Feydy, R. Douaud, C. Durand, O. Dussart, D. Gazagne, Y. Guichard, S. Harlé, M. Kalos, O. Labat, A. al-Mukdad, F. Renel, J. Rohmer, M….
24-25 JUNE 2021 (Online) Comité d’organisationJ. Auber de Lapierre (Collège de France, BnF / CéSor)G. Eschenbrenner Diemer (Université de Jaén / ArScAn)V. Schram (MF University, Oslo / Orient & Méditerranée) Programme HASAÉ
This book focuses on the ancient Near East, early imperial China, South-East Asia, and medieval Europe, shedding light on mathematical knowledge and practices documented by sources relating to the administrative and economic activities of officials, merchants and other actors. It compares these to mathematical texts produced in related school contexts or reflecting the pursuit of…
Programme DIM-MAP QUALIFE Le programme QUALIFE vise à évaluer l’évolution des qualités des métaux ferreux en œuvre dans les sociétés de l’Antiquité et du Moyen Âge. Les alliages ferreux ont des caractéristiques fortement variables, ils sont donc particulièrement intéressants pour ce genre d’étude, car, abondants, ils rentrent aussi bien dans la réalisation d’objets de la…