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11 April 2017 Under the Patronage of HRM, the Crown Prince,“Islamic Archaeology in a Global Perspective”Conference kicks off
Under the Patronage of HRM, the Crown Prince,“Islamic Archaeology in a Global Perspective”Conference kicks off

Under the patronage of HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, “Islamic Archaeology in a Global Perspective”Conference kicks off today on 13 April 2017 at Bahrain National Theater. The conference, which will run until 13 April 2017, comes within the framework of Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities’ strategy to shed lights on the Kingdom’s rich archaeological heritage.

The conference celebrates the opening of the new Al-Khamis Mosque Visitors Centre and Exhibition, as the pre-eminent Islamic archaeological site museum in the Gulf region. It also, for the first time, considers Islamic archaeology from a truly global perspective, region by region. This is achieved through lectures from the world experts on their chosen regions.
Worth to mention that on the first day of the conference, lecturers will present papers shedding light on the Islamic archeology in Bahrain, GCC countries, Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Jordan. The second day, 12 April, will see lecturers presenting research papers on Islamic archaeology in Egypt and Palestine, Central Asia Islamic countries, North Africa, South Asia and South East Asia. On 13 April, lectures will highlight the importance of Islamic archeological heritage in Anatolia, Iberian Peninsula ( Portugal & Spain), Ethiopia and Horn of Africa, Sudan, Coast of East & West Africa.

Lectures who will participate in these conference are : Salman Almahari , Jose C. Carjaval Lopez, Corisande Fenwick, Tom Fitton, ,Alison Gascoigne, Ali Al-Ghabban, Anne Haour ,Timothy Insoll, Alastair Northedge, Andrew Peacock ,Axelle Rougeulle, Hamed Salem, Mehrdad Shokoohy, Natalie Honoria Shokoohy, St John Simpson, Intisar Soghayroun Elzein, Alexander Wain, Bethany J. Walker, Alan Walmsley, Stephanie Wynne-Jones