British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies (BILNAS) is a membership body sponsored by @BritishAcademy_ We support scholars in Libya and the region
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Silphium was an extinct Libyan plant renowned for its medicinal qualities. Its disappearance remains a historical mystery, and scientists continue searching for surviving descendants.
Ancient Romans Were Obsessed With This Remarkable Herb โ Then It Vanished Forever
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๐ Journey through the BILNAS Archives
Notebook containing manuscript notes pertaining to box lists of Sabratha finds. Catalogue of ceramic forms including lids, jugs and flagons by John Dore 1985.
ยฉ BILNAS Archive: Kathleen Kenyon & John Ward-Perkins Collection BILNAS/D5/9/1/7
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๐ Journey through the BILNAS Archives
The Hellenistic Black Glazed Wares notes by Molly Aylwin Cotton, December 1970: Campana A forms.
ยฉ BILNAS Archive: Kathleen Kenyon and John Ward-Perkins Collection BILNAS/D5/8/8
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๐ฃ Attention Scholars!
Fellow BIRI, @The_BIEA, has issued a Call for Applications for its Regional Research Associates Award.
๐ Deadline: Monday 29 June 2026, 5pm BST / 7pm EAT
For full details visit the BIEA website at: biea.ac.uk/call-for-applicatโฆ
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๐ Journey through the BILNAS Archives
๐ทNine men with goats, from the Ghirza collection.
ยฉ BILNAS Archive: Ghirza collection: BILNAS/D41/2/7/2/57S1
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๐ Would you like to explore the BILNAS Archives? If so, visit our website for more details ๐
bilnas.org/resources/archiveโฆ
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๐ The BILNAS Archive was pleased to welcome Dr Paul Love (@AlAkhawayn University, Morocco), who recently spent several days in the Archive conducting research.
During his visit, he consulted several collections, including our fantastic Olwen Brogan (D41) Collection...
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...looking at photographs, notebooks, correspondence and much more related to her many expeditions to Libya.
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๐ฃ Just 3 days to go until THE BILNAS SUMMER EVENT:
"The Wisdom of the Hand โ Amazigh Textile Tradition in Libya and Tunisia."
๐ Friday 29 May, 6pm-9pm.
๐ In person at The Africa Centre, 66 Great Suffolk St, London, SE1 0BL
๐ Get your tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wisdoโฆ
๐ฃ Join us for THE BILNAS SUMMER EVENT:
"The Wisdom of the Hand โ Amazigh Textile Tradition in Libya and Tunisia"
๐ Friday 29 May 6-9pm
๐ The Africa Centre, 66 Great Suffolk St, London
๐ป Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wisdoโฆ
๐ All welcome! Members: ยฃ7; non-members ยฃ10
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๐ฃ "Volcanic Ash Layers (Tephra) to Link Archaeological and Climate Records in North West Africa" by Dr Danielle McLean.
๐ปA recording of this lecture is now available to view on the BILNAS YouTube channel ๐
youtu.be/AM0UAh_4vPc
๐ฃJoin us in May for the next BILNAS lecture:
'Volcanic Ash Layers (Tephra) to Link Archaeological and Climate Records in North West Africa' by @Dr_DMcLean
๐ Thursday 14 May at 5pm (UK time)
๐ป For more details and to register:
bilnas.org/event/volcanic-asโฆ
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๐ Journey through the BILNAS Archives
Tomb South C: stone 3 showing fish around rosette.
ยฉ BILNAS Archive: Ghirza collection BILNAS/D41/2/9/1/14S1
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๐ฃ Publication Announcement:
Actes du colloque international Mahdia 2-3-4 dรฉcembre 2019, Vol III:
"The two Syrtes between sea and Sahara through History: a space of exchange, rivalry and conflict."
Textes rรฉunis et prรฉsentรฉs par Hafedh ABDOULI, Anna LEONE, Salem MOKNI, 2025
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๐ฃ Join us tomorrow at 5pm (UK time) for the next BILNAS lecture:
'Volcanic Ash Layers (Tephra) to Link Archaeological and Climate Records in North West Africa' by Dr Danielle McLean.
๐ป Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regiโฆ
Online event; all welcome!
๐ฃJoin us in May for the next BILNAS lecture:
'Volcanic Ash Layers (Tephra) to Link Archaeological and Climate Records in North West Africa' by @Dr_DMcLean
๐ Thursday 14 May at 5pm (UK time)
๐ป For more details and to register:
bilnas.org/event/volcanic-asโฆ
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๐ Journey Through the BILNAS Archives
Printed on Permatrace, drawings of cemetery 5, features A-F.
ยฉ BILNAS Archive: Ghirza collection BILNAS/D41/2/6/10/S1
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#BIEAaEvents
โจ Join us @The_BIEA on May 22, 2026, at 2pm-EAT for an insightful hybrid lecture titled 'The Global Geopolitics of Holy Spaces from Ottoman Jerusalem to the Red Sea Basin' by Professor Mostafa Minawi. Don't miss it!
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Registration: eventbrite.co.uk/e/professorโฆ
@CornellCAS @BSAthens @theBIAAnkara @BIPS-Britac @LibyanStudies #OttomanHistory #Geopolitics #Events
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๐ฃ Join us for THE BILNAS SUMMER EVENT:
"The Wisdom of the Hand โ Amazigh Textile Tradition in Libya and Tunisia"
๐ Friday 29 May 6-9pm
๐ The Africa Centre, 66 Great Suffolk St, London
๐ป Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wisdoโฆ
๐ All welcome! Members: ยฃ7; non-members ยฃ10
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๐ฃ The BIEA Endangered Heritage Research Grant is open to UK-based postdoctoral researchers in Archaeology or History.
๐ท Deadline: Friday 8 May at 5pm (UK time)
๐ท For more information and an application form go to: biea.ac.uk/fundingopportunitโฆ
๐ขExciting news! #BIEAaGrants
๐กThe BIEA Annual Grant Programme 2026-2027 is now open! Writing Fellowships, Thematic Grants, Dissemination Grants, Workshop Grants, Impact Grants, and a Graduate Attachment Scheme. โ
Apply here: biea.ac.uk/fundingopportunitโฆ #FundingOpportunities
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๐ธ Tombs of the sultans of the Beni Chattab at Zuila.
ยฉ BILNAS Archive: Ghirza collection BILNAS/D/11/1/5/2/2S1
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Mosaic from the ancient city of Hippo-Regius (modern-day Annaba), Algeria; detail of frieze depicting shells and dolphins with tails entwined around a shell; discovered in 1958 in the remains of a luxurious seafront villa. Circa 1st century AD.
#Algeria #Numidia #MosaicMonday
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