The turbulent life of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq (now BISI). Launched in 1932 the school has spent almost a century uncovering Iraq’s ancient treasures, including the spectacular Assyrian capital at Nimrud https://t.co/1TfOFqiz1Z

Thank you to all who attended our Annual Mallowan Lecture. And a very special thank you to the fantastic Dr @Moudhy for delivering such an insightful and eye-opening lecture on Archaeology in Ancient Mesopotamia You can now watch the lecture here:

We’re hiring! Join BISI as a part-time Administrative Assistant and help support our work advancing knowledge of Iraq’s history, society and culture. Apply by 9 Dec 2025:

We’re hiring! Join BISI as a part-time Administrative Assistant and help support our work advancing knowledge of Iraq’s history, society and culture. Apply by 9 Dec 2025:

All applicants must be currently based in Iraq and should demonstrate how a scholarship in the UK will strengthen the research and cultural heritage environment in Iraq.

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Projects should focus on the history, society & culture of Iraq from earliest times until the present. We welcome applications from scholars involved in: anthropology; archaeology; history; geography; languages; & other areas in the arts, humanities, & social sciences

We are delighted to announce that we are now accepting applications for our Visiting Iraqi Scholarship Programme Annual Deadline: 1 December For more information and to apply:

Delighted to announce I've been awarded a Visiting-Scholarship at @durham_uni, generously supported by @BISI1932 @NahreinNetwork. Grateful to @BISI1932, @mehiyar_ for his help, @Bahar_Baser, for providing advanced research, @Harrowelly, her collaboration & Anne-Marie. @halabjagcm

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Please join us in congratulating the research team and everyone involved in bringing this important work to fruition.

Delighted to announce the publication of 'New evidence for Pleistocene hominin presence in the north-east Arabian Desert, Iraq' by Dr's Ella Egberts, @JaafarJotheri and Andreas Nymark Funded by the BISI Pilot Project Grant @CEAH_Leicester @AMGC_VUB https://t.co/01GnJMJzvv

اعلان هام ستقيم كلية الآثار وبالتعاون مع كلية الهندسة مؤتمرها الدولي السادس بعنوان : (الآثار والتراث من الحماية القانونية الى التنمية المستدام�� ) للمدة من 18- 19 تشرين الثاني 2025 https://t.co/qOpXuK5lXX @mohesr_gov_iq @UniversityofMos @archamosul

جلسة حوارية الكترونية مرتقبة | من الاحتجاج إلى البرلمان: دروس من العراق بعد أربع سنوات انضموا الى @sajadShussein و@NoorNafeaAli و@MohamadAnouz و@HayderSH و@renadmansour لمناقشة التحديات والعثرات والآفاق أمام المشرعين الذين ارتبطوا بحركات احتجاجية في دفع مسار الإصلاح وتعزيز

We are now inviting applications for our Outreach Grants (up to £1000). Grants support public/academic engagement projects & events that promote a greater understanding of Iraq's history, society, & culture Deadline: 1 October 2025 More info & to apply

be called into question, as there are problems with the excavation records, and other explanations for the collection. However, one thing it does offer is insights into ancient interest in an even more ancient past, and possibly even some attempts at early archaeology.

there “for viewing”. C. Leonard Woolley, the lead excavator at Ur for most of the seasons, called that cylindrical tablet the earliest known museum label, and hence the key to the meaning of the collection of objects as an ancient museum. However, these claims can and should

There, objects from much earlier eras were found on the Neo-Babylonian layer of the palace, supposedly in a single room, together with a “key” that unlocked the meaning of the collection — a cylindrical clay tablet that described another object in the room and noted that it was

This talk will look at a curious collection of objects at the centre of her new book, Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History. These objects were found in the palace of a princess named Ennigaldi-Nanna in the city of Ur dated to the 6th century BCE.

Please join us for our Annual November Lecture on Wed 19 November, 6pm, @BritishAcademy_, for what promises to be a fascinating evening @Moudhy will be speaking on The Princess & the “Key”: Archaeology in Ancient Mesopotamia Register here:

It’s destruction disguised as progress: how the oil industry is sucking Iraq’s ancient wetlands dry Hawizeh’s wetlands once had abundant fishing & wildlife. In a land threatened by drought & desertification, oil drilling is draining the last of the water https://t.co/tvetkmchx8

Applications for the UK’s Chevening scholarship are open! This is your chance to follow in the footsteps of 30+ years of inspiring cohorts of KRI students and study a fully-funded masters programme in 🇬🇧 Charlie the Chevening bear will be there. Will you? Apply now!

Türkiye returns cuneiform tablets to Iraq https://t.co/1qLVUgu1oI