Heritage International

12/09/2025

We are delighted to share that we have been awarded a British Council Saudi Now: AlUla Grant, in partnership with the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU). This grant will enable us to provide specialized training for students and RCU employees in Saudi Arabia, focusing on archaeological project design, desktop research, remote sensing, digital archaeology, and public outreach.

Through this program, we look forward to collaborating with local talent and building skills that support the preservation, understanding, and promotion of AlUla’s rich cultural heritage. We are grateful to the British Council and RCU for their support in fostering education, innovation, and cultural heritage initiatives.

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26/03/2025

We are delighted to unveil our new website.

Discover our expanding team of heritage professionals, explore our comprehensive range of services—including heritage management, archaeology, built heritage, and capacity building—and learn about the exciting projects we've been involved in across the Middle East.​

🔗 Visit us at: https://www.heritage-international.com/

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05/03/2023

Save the date! The Committee have confirmed that the 2024 Seminar will take place in Paris over the 27th-29th June. These earlier dates ensure we’re not competing for accommodation in the city due to the Olympics. We’ll update you soon with regards to this year’s Seminar in Denmark.

احفظ التاريخ! أكدت لجنة ندوة_للدراسات_العربية أن ندوة 2024 ستنعقد في باريس في الفترة من 27 إلى 29 يونيو. تضمن هذه التواريخ السابقة أننا لا نتنافس على الإقامة في المدينة بسبب الألعاب الأولمبية. سنقوم بتحديثك قريبًا فيما يتعلق بالندوة هذا العام في الدنمارك.

18/12/2022

It was a great honour to be invited to present a paper at the 2022 Advances in the UAE Archaeology Conference on our ongoing excavations, titled "Recent Archaeological Investigations at Umm an-Nar Island (Sas al Nakhl)"

The Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi is organising the Archaeology Conference 2022 underthe theme “Advances in UAE Archaeology.” It will take pl...

14/09/2022

A nice update on the research being undertaken by Julian Jansen van Rensburg at Jebel Hawari on Socotra. Some interesting results suggesting the fort dates back to the Early Islamic Period.

New research is rewriting the history of this unique land

02/09/2022

Roisin Tapponi looks at how contemporary Arabic filmmakers use thirst to inspire their practices.

Roisin Tapponi looks at how contemporary Arabic filmmakers use thirst to inspire their practices

31/08/2022

Amazing excavations

From the Archives: Excavations on Kuwait’s Failaka Island have unearthed previously unknown early Mesopotamian sites.

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/79-1303/features/537-kuwait-failaka-island-ur-gulf-war

Courtesy Flemming Højlund, Kuwaiti-Danish Mission)

17/07/2022

11/07/2022

The ArcAgr-AU project, directed by Louise Purdue aims to understand the long-term history of the AlUla oasis.

04/07/2022

The National newspaper has just published this article on my recent research paper on Early Bronze Age trade in the Gulf.

Trade with Mesopotamia lasted longer than previously thought

28/06/2022

This looks like it will be amazing.

Iwona Blazwick, former director of London’s Whitechapel Art Gallery, will curate the project in AlUla.