The International Association for the Study of Arabia

The International Association for the Study of Arabia The IASA is a charitable organisation that exists to advance public knowledge through the promotion

The IASA exists to advance public knowledge through the promotion of research relating to the Arabian Peninsula, in particular its history, antiquities, archaeology, ethnography, languages, literature, art, culture, customs, geography, geology and natural history. It does this through the raising of money, organisation of events, supporting of research and publications. The IASA aims to act as a f

ocal point and advocate for the study of Arabia's cultural heritage. Specifically the IFSA:
- oversees the Seminar for Arabian Studies
- has taken on the activities of the previous Society for Arabian Studies including the awarding of grants, publication of the Monographs Series and yearly Bulletin, as well as the organisation of the lecture series and other events. The IASA (formerly the BFSA) was created in 2010 by the merger of the Society for Arabian Studies and the Seminar for Arabian Studies.

Neanderthals may have trekked through the Saudi Arabian desert 55,000 years ago, farther south than experts thought poss...
19/08/2026

Neanderthals may have trekked through the Saudi Arabian desert 55,000 years ago, farther south than experts thought possible

ربما يكون إنسان نياندرتال قد اجتاز الصحراء السعودية قبل 55 ألف عام، أي أبعد جنوبًا مما كان يعتقد الخبراء أنه ممكن.

Stone tools from a lakeside site in Saudi Arabia hint that Neanderthals were adapted to the arid Arabian interior, not just to cold places.

A Dutch map of the Arabian Peninsula about 300 years ago, look out for the elephant!Via Gindibu on X·خريطة هولندية لشبه...
17/08/2026

A Dutch map of the Arabian Peninsula about 300 years ago, look out for the elephant!

Via Gindibu on X

·خريطة هولندية لشبه الجزيرة العربية قبل حوالي 300 عام، انتبهوا للفيل!

عبر جينديبو على X
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New! Open Access! Developmental plasticity under human management shaped cereal evolution prior to domestication in the ...
15/08/2026

New! Open Access! Developmental plasticity under human management shaped cereal evolution prior to domestication in the Early Holocene southern Levant by Jade Whitlam, Pascal Flohr, Amy Bogaard, Michael Charles, Bill Finlayson and Cheryl A. Makarewicz

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2535274123

«اللدونة النمائية تحت الإدارة البشرية شكّلت تطور الحبوب قبل استئناسها في جنوب بلاد الشام خلال الهولوسين المبكر»
المؤلفون: Jade Whitlam، Pascal Flohr، Amy Bogaard، Michael Charles، Bill Finlayson، Cheryl A. Makarewicz
والمقال منشور بنظام الوصول المفتوح (Open Access) في مجلة Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2535274123

Ibrahim Al-Alma'i has been documenting the wall art of Asir for over 35 years. He has documented 1,200 murals and this ...
10/08/2026

Ibrahim Al-Alma'i has been documenting the wall art of Asir for over 35 years. He has documented 1,200 murals and this beautiful work is one of them.

Follow him on X at .

يُوثّق إبراهيم اللمعي فنون الجداريات في عسير منذ أكثر من 35 عامًا، حيث وثّق 1200 جدارية، وهذه اللوحة الجميلة إحداها.

تابعوه على منصة X عبر حسابه .

10/08/2026
معرض "كنوز غارقة" يستعرض مكتشفات مسجد عثمان بن عفان في جدة التاريخية.https://www.spa.gov.sa/N2649298
08/08/2026

معرض "كنوز غارقة" يستعرض مكتشفات مسجد عثمان بن عفان في جدة التاريخية.

https://www.spa.gov.sa/N2649298

Updated on OCIANA - some beautiful photos of Wādī Miqāṭ on its updated site card. Miqāṭ is a seasonal watercourse stretc...
07/08/2026

Updated on OCIANA - some beautiful photos of Wādī Miqāṭ on its updated site card. Miqāṭ is a seasonal watercourse stretching from Syria into northern Saudi Arabia abounding in arch. and epig. sites!

Find more: https://ociana.osu.edu/sites/932.

(Via OCIANA on X)

تم تحديث موقع OCIANA - صور رائعة لوادي المقاص على بطاقة الموقع المُحدّثة. المقاص مجرى مائي موسمي يمتد من سوريا إلى شمال المملكة العربية السعودية، وهو غني بالمواقع الأثرية والحفريات!

للمزيد: https://ociana.osu.edu/sites/932

(عبر OCIANA على X)

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