As West Asia has been drawn into war by the United States and Israel, the Iranian island of Kharg, in the northeastern Arabian-Persian Gulf, has become a focal point of media attention and geopolitical interest. However, this island is not merely an oil terminal but also a historically significant site that has hosted diverse populations since antiquité.
Continuer la lecture de Before Oil: The Forgotten History of Kharg Island (Iran)
The conference “Archaeology of Failaka and Kuwait Coast – Current Research” coordinated by Shehab A. Shehab, Karol Pieta, Matej Ruttkay, and Branislav Kovár, at the Institute of Archaeology (Slovak Academy of Sciences) in Nitra, Slovakia, on the 4th and 5th of October, 2016, was an opportunity to demonstrate the current state of archaeological activities in Kuwait. Continuer la lecture de A review of the conference “Archaeology of Failaka and Kuwait Coast – Current Research” (Nitra, Slovakia)
The following paper presents to the English readers a synthesis of our Arabic book:
المواقع الحضارية على الساحل الغربي للخليج العربي حتى القرن الثالث قبل الميلاد, دراسة آثارية مقارنة
