Michael Fradley
@mfradley.bsky.social
Landscape archaeologist working at @eamena.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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Civil war + flooding have endangered cultural heritage 🏺 in #Sudan. Heritage for Peace published a series of 3 reports to 2024. Now UNOSAT published a report covering damage to heritage from 2023-now using satellite imagery. It is not comprehensive. More work is required. unosat.org/products/4225
UNOSAT
unosat.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Civil war + flooding have endangered cultural heritage 🏺 in #Sudan. Heritage for Peace published a series of 3 reports to 2024. Now UNOSAT published a report covering damage to heritage from 2023-now using satellite imagery. It is not comprehensive. More work is required. unosat.org/products/4225
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Legalising UK cannabis would generate over £1 billion a year in tax 💰🍃
With the budget approaching, it’s time for evidence-led public spending. Legalising UK cannabis offers the possibility of vast revenue and significant public savings
Full report: transformdrugs.org/publications...
With the budget approaching, it’s time for evidence-led public spending. Legalising UK cannabis offers the possibility of vast revenue and significant public savings
Full report: transformdrugs.org/publications...
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Legalising UK cannabis would generate over £1 billion a year in tax 💰🍃
With the budget approaching, it’s time for evidence-led public spending. Legalising UK cannabis offers the possibility of vast revenue and significant public savings
Full report: transformdrugs.org/publications...
With the budget approaching, it’s time for evidence-led public spending. Legalising UK cannabis offers the possibility of vast revenue and significant public savings
Full report: transformdrugs.org/publications...
Dr Frankenstein/Oscar Isaac = Lovejoy/Ian McShane
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Dr Frankenstein/Oscar Isaac = Lovejoy/Ian McShane
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Appears journalists who were allowed into Gaza under IDF supervision were taken to the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar and shown the massive destruction in Shujaiyah.
Video from BBC (h/t @easybakeovensz.bsky.social) shows the schools at around 31.4959,34.4744:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Video from BBC (h/t @easybakeovensz.bsky.social) shows the schools at around 31.4959,34.4744:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Appears journalists who were allowed into Gaza under IDF supervision were taken to the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar and shown the massive destruction in Shujaiyah.
Video from BBC (h/t @easybakeovensz.bsky.social) shows the schools at around 31.4959,34.4744:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Video from BBC (h/t @easybakeovensz.bsky.social) shows the schools at around 31.4959,34.4744:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Our new open access paper on the rapid remote sensing survey of the western Nafud region, building on our early publications on the eastern Nafud and the Neom development zone.
We have a new paper out reporting on the remote-sensing survey of c.10k sites in the west Nafud region of north Saudi Arabia and southern Jordan, including the identification of a damaged fortified complex and hinterland features south of Tabuk👉🏻
doi.org/10.3390/heri... @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.3390/heri... @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Our new open access paper on the rapid remote sensing survey of the western Nafud region, building on our early publications on the eastern Nafud and the Neom development zone.
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After conducting extensive earthworks on top of the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar, it appears in more recent @planet.com SkySat imagery from October 7 that the IDF has since paved the top of the mound.
The visible black area is similar to what we've seen when pavement has been used elsewhere.
The visible black area is similar to what we've seen when pavement has been used elsewhere.
October 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
After conducting extensive earthworks on top of the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar, it appears in more recent @planet.com SkySat imagery from October 7 that the IDF has since paved the top of the mound.
The visible black area is similar to what we've seen when pavement has been used elsewhere.
The visible black area is similar to what we've seen when pavement has been used elsewhere.
Not quite a #RomanFortThursday. Ground photographs from a recent survey of three temporary Roman army camps ESE of Bayir #Jordan @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social See the original report paper: doi.org/10.15184/aqy... @antiquity.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Not quite a #RomanFortThursday. Ground photographs from a recent survey of three temporary Roman army camps ESE of Bayir #Jordan @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social See the original report paper: doi.org/10.15184/aqy... @antiquity.ac.uk
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Our team are just back from fieldwork in SE #Jordan! They were east of Bayir looking at a series of #Roman camps we first identified on satellite imagery in 2022. Look out for news of this survey in our future posts.
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@cbrl.bsky.social
@robertbewley.bsky.social
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@cbrl.bsky.social
@robertbewley.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Our team are just back from fieldwork in SE #Jordan! They were east of Bayir looking at a series of #Roman camps we first identified on satellite imagery in 2022. Look out for news of this survey in our future posts.
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@cbrl.bsky.social
@robertbewley.bsky.social
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@cbrl.bsky.social
@robertbewley.bsky.social
Our work at @eamena.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social on these sites will continue with sites visits to the camps in the near future. They also featured on a recent documentary on the Nabataean kingdom #Jordan #RomanFortThursday www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
September 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Our work at @eamena.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social on these sites will continue with sites visits to the camps in the near future. They also featured on a recent documentary on the Nabataean kingdom #Jordan #RomanFortThursday www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
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“It’s not just about Palestinian heritage or Christian heritage, it’s something important to the world heritage here, protected by UNESCO,” explained Kevin Charbel, the emergency field coordinator for @premiereurgenceint.bsky.social via @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/isra...
#Gaza #Palestine
apnews.com/article/isra...
#Gaza #Palestine
A rushed rescue saves Gaza archeological items before an Israeli strike on a warehouse
Aid workers saved thousands of priceless archaeological artifacts in Gaza from destruction last week after Israel targeted the warehouse building in a strike.
apnews.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“It’s not just about Palestinian heritage or Christian heritage, it’s something important to the world heritage here, protected by UNESCO,” explained Kevin Charbel, the emergency field coordinator for @premiereurgenceint.bsky.social via @apnews.com
apnews.com/article/isra...
#Gaza #Palestine
apnews.com/article/isra...
#Gaza #Palestine
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Final episode on Saturday. #apaame #eamena123 Thanks to Dr Michael Fradley’s discoveries #robertbewley
Seen 'Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
Seen 'Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans
Bettany Hughes unravels the enigma of the influential ancient people who history forgot
www.channel4.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Final episode on Saturday. #apaame #eamena123 Thanks to Dr Michael Fradley’s discoveries #robertbewley
Seen 'Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
Seen 'Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans'? Watch it here on Channel 4:
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
1/1 The site of Newhall Tower #Cheshire on a new Airbus satellite image from 17 August 2025 via Google Earth Pro. The circular site of a mound- presumably the site of the tower first documented C13 belonging to the de Audley family- is visible as a cropmark.
September 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
1/1 The site of Newhall Tower #Cheshire on a new Airbus satellite image from 17 August 2025 via Google Earth Pro. The circular site of a mound- presumably the site of the tower first documented C13 belonging to the de Audley family- is visible as a cropmark.
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📣📣 This Saturday 6th September EAMENA features on Bettany Hughes show on Channel 4 about the Nabataeans, which features flights with our Bob Bewley over the Roman camps we identified in SE Jordan.
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
For our original research paper:👇🏻
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
For our original research paper:👇🏻
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
September 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📣📣 This Saturday 6th September EAMENA features on Bettany Hughes show on Channel 4 about the Nabataeans, which features flights with our Bob Bewley over the Roman camps we identified in SE Jordan.
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
For our original research paper:👇🏻
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
For our original research paper:👇🏻
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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📣📣 Our Bill Finlayson & fellow archaeologists help to uncover the mystery of the hundreds of 'desert kites' stretching across the Arabian desert. Find out who built these megastructures, the purpose they served & the ingenious discovery that was unearthed...👇🏻
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
September 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
📣📣 Our Bill Finlayson & fellow archaeologists help to uncover the mystery of the hundreds of 'desert kites' stretching across the Arabian desert. Find out who built these megastructures, the purpose they served & the ingenious discovery that was unearthed...👇🏻
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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I have a new article out today in Public Humanities, where I try to find some words for how historicide is (and has always been) a project of European colonialism - and I try to find some words for the historians who continue to support it. 🇵🇸✊🏻
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine - Volume 1
www.cambridge.org
September 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I have a new article out today in Public Humanities, where I try to find some words for how historicide is (and has always been) a project of European colonialism - and I try to find some words for the historians who continue to support it. 🇵🇸✊🏻
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Today's Pod Save the World podcast E486 @podsaveamerica.crooked.com covers how #archaeology is used for the annexation of the #WestBank #Palestine by the #Israeli settler campaign. Discussion starting about 1.42 hours in- important intro to a non-specialist audience: www.crooked.com/podcast-seri...
Pod Save The World | Crooked Media
Pod Save the World is a no-bullshit conversation about foreign policy hosted by Tommy Vietor that explores some of the most important decisions of our time.
www.crooked.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Today's Pod Save the World podcast E486 @podsaveamerica.crooked.com covers how #archaeology is used for the annexation of the #WestBank #Palestine by the #Israeli settler campaign. Discussion starting about 1.42 hours in- important intro to a non-specialist audience: www.crooked.com/podcast-seri...
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It appears the IDF are conducting more earthworks on top of Tell Ali Muntar, potentially further damaging a Bronze Age-era archeological hill in what little remains of Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood.
Michael Press shared some of the history of the site here:
bsky.app/profile/mich...
Michael Press shared some of the history of the site here:
bsky.app/profile/mich...
August 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It appears the IDF are conducting more earthworks on top of Tell Ali Muntar, potentially further damaging a Bronze Age-era archeological hill in what little remains of Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood.
Michael Press shared some of the history of the site here:
bsky.app/profile/mich...
Michael Press shared some of the history of the site here:
bsky.app/profile/mich...
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Thanks for sharing Dominic. Really important updates in that video from Fadel. There's been even more damage to the Byzantine church site since the early 2025 photo was taken: bsky.app/profile/godi...
Unfortunately there has been further damage at the Jabaliya Byzantine church archeological site after it was damaged earlier this year.
The reception buildings have been destroyed. The protective structure that surrounded the 1,500 year-old mosaics also appears to have been partially destroyed.
The reception buildings have been destroyed. The protective structure that surrounded the 1,500 year-old mosaics also appears to have been partially destroyed.
July 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thanks for sharing Dominic. Really important updates in that video from Fadel. There's been even more damage to the Byzantine church site since the early 2025 photo was taken: bsky.app/profile/godi...
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And this is destruction of a 5th - 7th C CE Byzantine basilica and chapel.
Right hand picture was taken in early 2025.
youtu.be/alb0mGJNJ9o?...
Right hand picture was taken in early 2025.
youtu.be/alb0mGJNJ9o?...
July 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
And this is destruction of a 5th - 7th C CE Byzantine basilica and chapel.
Right hand picture was taken in early 2025.
youtu.be/alb0mGJNJ9o?...
Right hand picture was taken in early 2025.
youtu.be/alb0mGJNJ9o?...
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Entire towns being reduced to rubble in Gaza www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Israel levelling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions - BBC News
Investigation by BBC Verify using satellite images and verified footage to show the extent of destruction in Gaza, where the Israeli military have carried out demolitions to raze entire towns and subu...
www.bbc.co.uk
July 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Entire towns being reduced to rubble in Gaza www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Really important updates from @godin.bsky.social @bellingcat.com. While there has been little effort by the Israeli military to protect cultural heritage in #Gaza #Palestine, it now looks like even if the best known and protected/preserved #archaeological sites are open to needless destruction.
Unfortunately there has been further damage at the Jabaliya Byzantine church archeological site after it was damaged earlier this year.
The reception buildings have been destroyed. The protective structure that surrounded the 1,500 year-old mosaics also appears to have been partially destroyed.
The reception buildings have been destroyed. The protective structure that surrounded the 1,500 year-old mosaics also appears to have been partially destroyed.
July 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Really important updates from @godin.bsky.social @bellingcat.com. While there has been little effort by the Israeli military to protect cultural heritage in #Gaza #Palestine, it now looks like even if the best known and protected/preserved #archaeological sites are open to needless destruction.
One of a number of Bronze Age ring ditch cropmarks at University Parks @ox.ac.uk visible on the ground in parched conditions today. Many of these features can be seen on recent aerial + satellite imagery (eg Apple Maps) as weather extremes become more common #climate @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
One of a number of Bronze Age ring ditch cropmarks at University Parks @ox.ac.uk visible on the ground in parched conditions today. Many of these features can be seen on recent aerial + satellite imagery (eg Apple Maps) as weather extremes become more common #climate @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
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A member of the Derbyshire Archaeological Society's Facebook page shared these images of a tile that her son found at the bottom of the River Derwent near Hathersage. Any tile experts on here fancy shining some light on what it might be? #archaeology #floortile #Derbyshire
June 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A member of the Derbyshire Archaeological Society's Facebook page shared these images of a tile that her son found at the bottom of the River Derwent near Hathersage. Any tile experts on here fancy shining some light on what it might be? #archaeology #floortile #Derbyshire
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“Looting is a global issue, often fueled by armed conflicts, civil unrest, and weak governmental control,” 🏺
As war rages in Gaza, archaeological looting in the West Bank has spiked
Economic collapse in Palestinian territories has led to illegal digs at prominent Bronze Age site, new study finds
www.science.org
June 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“Looting is a global issue, often fueled by armed conflicts, civil unrest, and weak governmental control,” 🏺