Israel Antiquities Authority Scientific Archive 1919-1948

Israel Antiquities Authority Scientific Archive 1919-1948

About the Archives 

The archive of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) is located in Jerusalem. It essentially continues the archive from the British Mandate era. Following the conquest of Palestine by British forces, headed by General Allenby in 1918, the documentation and data collecting of ancient and archaeological sites had begun. Once a civil government was established by the British Mandatory Authorities in 1920, the Department of Antiquities was created and the archive had become an integral part of it.

The Department of Antiquities of the State of Israel was founded on July 26, 1948, Its activities were based on British Mandate Antiquities ordinances. In 1978, the Mandate ordinances were superseded by the Law of Antiquities that was passed by the Knesset. In 1990, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) was established and replaced the Department of Antiquities. 

About the Project 

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archive entered the government project of “intensifying national foundations and heritage”, with the aim of preserving and digitizing the British Mandatory section. 

The purpose of the project is to enable the wide public in Israel and across the world accessing this unique data. 

The digitations project includes, first and foremost, the physical preservation of the different files, which include hand and typewritten texts, photographs, maps and plans that appear on a variety of papers, including greaseproof, rice, stencils and others.
The process of digitations is done to preserve the original data for generations to come. The process prevents the physical deterioration of the material and its wear out, caused by the touch of human hands and the climatic changes. The process consists of digitizing the data and indexing it.

At this first stage, the digital archive includes the scientific Mandatory archive in English; accordingly, the site was developed in English, with a general explanation in Hebrew.

Open Access Journal: Religions : a scholarly journal

Religions : a scholarly journal
[Dawḥah] : Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue, 2009-
Editor-in-chief: Patrick Laude
ISSN: 2218-7480

"Religions/Adyân is an annual and bi-lingual (English and Arabic) publication in interfaith studies published by the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue with an emphasis on inter-religious dialogue and the relations between Islam and other faiths."

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New from the ArchNet Digital Library

Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme

The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme became operational in 1992 to show best practice to governments and decision makers and to highlight historic sites could become assets and economic trampolines and not burdens on scare resources. The Programme implements conservation, urban regeneration and park projects in historically significant sites of the Islamic world. It does so over long time-frames, by raising local standards and coupling monument and public open space conservation with environmental and community development, thus engaging in sustainable urban redevelopment projects, which offer a platform for new socio-economic uses tied to education, health, leisure facilities, and amenities and services that have significant educational importance for practitioners and decision-makers.
Through this integrated approach, the Programme seeks to demonstrate that strengthening cultural identity can go hand in hand with socio-economic progress. This Special Collection on Archnet features all of the projects and publications of the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme.
Click here to view a list of Historic Cities Programme projects on Archnet. A list of related publications is available here.

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Site	Location	Country
Abdullah Ansari Shrine Complex Restoration	Herat, Herat Province	Afghanistan
Aleppo Citadel Perimeter Project	Aleppo, Halab Governorate	Syria
Aleppo Citadel Restoration	Aleppo, Halab Governorate	Syria
Amir Alin Aq Palace Conservation	Cairo, Cairo Governorate	Egypt
Amir Aslam al-Silahdar Funerary Complex Conservation	Cairo, Cairo Governorate	Egypt
Aslam Square Rehabilitation	Cairo, Cairo Governorate	Egypt
Bab al-Barqiyya Conservation	Cairo, Cairo Governorate	Egypt
Bab al-Mahruq Conservation	Cairo, Cairo Governorate	Egypt
Bagh-e Babur Restoration	Kabul, Kabul Province	Afghanistan
Bagh-e Babur Restoration: Caravanserai	Kabul, Kabul Province	Afghanistan
Bagh-e Babur Restoration: Garden Pavilion	Kabul, Kabul Province	Afghanistan
Bagh-e Babur Restoration: Queen's Palace	Kabul, Kabul Province	Afghanistan
Bagh-e Babur Restoration: Shahjahani Mosque	Kabul, Kabul Province	Afghanistan
Balasoko Restaurant	Bamako, Bamako District	Mali
Baltit Fort Restoration	Karimabad, Northern Areas Controlled Region	Pakistan
Beit Nizam Restoration	Damascus, Dimashq Governorate	Syria
Beit Quwatli Restoration	Damascus, Dimashq Governorate	Syria
Beit Sibai Restoration	Damascus, Dimashq Governorate	Syria
Centre for Earthen Architecture	Mopti, Mopti region	Mali
Chahar Suq Cistern Complex Restoration	Herat, Herat Province	Afghanistan
Chaunsath Khamba	Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area	India
Citadel at Masyaf Restoration	Masyaf, Hama Governorate	Syria
Citadel of Herat Restoration	Herat, Herat Province	Afghanistan
Djenné Great Mosque Restoration	Djenne, Région de Mopti	Mali
Djingereyber Mosque Rehabilitation	Timbuktu, Région de Tombouctou	Mali
Forodhani Park Rehabilitation	Zanzibar, Pwani Region	Tanzania
Goldasta Mosque Restoration	Kabul, Kabul Province	Afghanistan
Great Mosque of Mopti Rehabilitation	Mopti, Mopti region	Mali
Humayun Tomb Gardens Revitalisation	Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area	India
Humayun's Tomb Complex Restoration	Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area	India
Isa Khan Tomb Restoration	Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area	India
Kelele Square Rehabilitation	Zanzibar, Pwani Region	Tanzania
Khorog City Park	Khorog, Gorno-Badkhshan Province	Tajikistan
Komoguel Improvement Programme	Mopti, Mopti region	Mali
Lakkerwala Burj	Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area	India
National Park of Mali	Bamako, Bamako District	Mali
National Park of Mali Entrance	Bamako, Bamako District	Mali
National Park of Mali Sports Facilities	Bamako, Bamako District	Mali
Neela Gumbad	Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area	India
Nizamuddin Baoli	Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area	India
Nizamuddin Basti Area Development	Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area	India
No Gumbad Mosque Restoration	Balkh, Balkh Province	Afghanistan
Old City of Herat Urban Regeneration	Herat, Herat Province	Afghanistan
Old City of Kabul Urban Regeneration	Kabul, Kabul Province	Afghanistan
Park-e Zanegar	Kabul, Kabul Province	Afghanistan
Salah al-Din Citadel Restoration	Haffah, Ladhiqiyah Governorate	Syria
Sunder Nursery Garden Pavilion	Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area	India
Sunder Nursery Rehabilitation	Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area	India
Sunderwala Burj	Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area	India
Sunderwala Mahal	Delhi, Delhi metropolitan area	India
Tarabay al-Sherif Conservation	Cairo, Cairo Governorate	Egypt
Timur Shah Mausoleum Restoration	Kabul, Kabul Province	Afghanistan

New Open Access Journal: Asfar

Asfar

Asfar is a new dynamic initiative designed to inspire, provide a platform and offer a support network to young people, students and graduates specialising in and interested by the Middle East.

Through a quarterly e-journal, News updates, and a Travelers Network, Asfar will work with the next generation of the Middle East's writers, thinkers and photographers to exhibit their abilities to a wide audience including academia, diplomatic and general readership.
Focusing on the history, society, culture, development and politics of the Middle East, the e-journal will introduce new ideas, innovative articles and magnificent images of the Middle East.

Remaining politically neutral and non-partisan, Asfar articles will cover a full range of topics: from geography to art, languages to society and from history to cookery. Asfar will review the past and consider the Middle East's future from a regional, state and local perspective.

Asfar is unique project aimed at promoting the study of the region, the curiosity and personal development of individuals fascinated by the Middle East and ensuring the sustained awareness of an area on the cross roads of history.

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Open Access Journal: Al-Noor

Al-Noor : the Boston College undergraduate Middle Eastern and Islamic studies journal.
Publisher: Chestnut Hill, MA : Boston College, 2008-
ISSN: 1946-8334

Volume One, Number One (Fall 2008)
Volume Two, Number One (Spring 2009)
Volume Two, Number Two (Fall 2009)
Volume Three, Number One (Spring 2010)
Volume Three, Number Two (Fall 2010)
Volume Four, Number One (Spring 2011)
Volume Five, Number One (Fall 2011)
Volume Five, Number Two (Spring 2012)
Volume Six, Number One (Fall 2012)

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Open Access Journal: Sinaiticus: The Bulletin of the Saint Catherine Foundation

Sinaiticus: The Bulletin of the Saint Catherine Foundation

The Saint Catherine Foundation and its associated organisations in New York and Geneva support conservation work at Saint Catherine's Monastery.

Download an issue by clicking on its image.

2011

2010		2009
2008		2007
2006

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Open Access Manuscripts Library: PHAIDRA - Digital Repository of University of Belgrade

PHAIDRA - Digital repository of University of Belgrade includes number of Islamic manuscripts.

Search by language retrieves:
546 records in Arabic
165 records in Turkish
  14 records in Persian
 
English abstracts are available, however transliteration and access by personal names is inconsistent.


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