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Articles by May Haider

منشورات الجامغة اللبنانية, 2022

Earlier, museum practices focused almost entirely on the dialogue between museology and museograp... more Earlier, museum practices focused almost entirely on the dialogue between museology and museography and were understood as the design of spaces. Today, with the recognition of various types of "audiences", the number of interlocutors has increased, and consideration of visitor identity is as important as the problems of collection identity, preservation, and presentations.

BAAL 22, 2022

In 2019, a Lebanese-Italian team surveyed the regions of Shawakeer and Ras el-Ain, located within... more In 2019, a Lebanese-Italian team surveyed the regions of Shawakeer and Ras el-Ain, located within the present-day municipality of Tyre, in southern Lebanon. The survey area extends to the south of the promontory of Tyre, in the Tyre Coast Nature Reserve, which seems to have been part of the Bronze and Iron Age city of Tyre. Several scholars have identified this area with the city of Ushu mentioned in the second and first millennia Bc texts, but also with the Palaeo-Tyre of the written records of the Hellenistic and Roman periods. After pioneer explorative surveys in the 1880s, this area has not been object of thorough archaeological exploration.
Moving from these insights, a new Lebanese-Italian collaboration was established in 2019 in order to carry out a first systematic survey of the regions of Shawakeer and Ras el- Ain. Through a combination of remote sensing and pedestrian survey, we were able to systematically document monuments and sites in these areas and to outline a preliminary timeline for human occupation of this important ‘cultural landscape’. This report presents the 2019 research activities, objectives, methodology, and results achieved.

MELAMMU SYMPOSIA 11, 2022

Some contacts between Greece and the Levant seem to have survived the calamities that befell the ... more Some contacts between Greece and the Levant seem to have survived the calamities that befell the Mycenaean and much of the Levantine world around 1200 BC� They are detectable in poetry, rituals, myth and archaeology particularly in Cyprus and Crete� While addressing the question of exchange between the Greeks and the Phoenicians during the 1st millennium BC through the pottery imports, more precisely through the Greek pottery importation, we have to bear in mind that this has always been examined from a classicist point of view, never as a phenomenon common to an entire geographical area, and has always concerned whole historical periods rather than case studies of individual sites

RIVISTA DI STUDI FENICI, 2021

In 2017 the joint Italian-Lebanese mission of the Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) started a syst... more In 2017 the joint Italian-Lebanese mission of the Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) started a systematic investigation in the district of Koura. The aim of the project is the reconstruction via intensive and extensive survey investigations of the ancient landscape of the region with particular reference to the ancient settlements located in the inner plain. In particular, one of the main initial targets has been the investigation of the ancient city of Ammiya that previous studies identified provisionally as the modern city of Amioun on the basis of textual data. This article provides a detailed account of the results achieved by the joint mission during the survey activity: in particular, it furnishes for the first time a solid archaeological basis in support of a definitive correlation between the modern city of Amioun and ancient Ammiya. Moreover, it provides a first look at the origin, rise and development of the ancient settlement in this site of fundamental importance in the inner area of Koura. This in turn permits us to illuminate the socio-economic dynamics characterising this important region of northern Lebanon.

BAAL Hors-Série XVIII, 2017

The study of Phoenician religion, and to be more specific the study of Phoenician iconography and... more The study of Phoenician religion, and to be more specific the study of Phoenician
iconography and art generally, forces us to face the very difficult question of Phoenician
identity in the Iron Age Mediterranean, a query that does not admit simple answers.
Rather than abandoning the pursue to understand Phoenician iconography or insisting on
firm standards for Phoenician identity, we must remain content to observe recognisable
trends and incorporate new material into a broad framework as it becomes available.

Studia Eblaitica, 2022

The Lebanese-Italian Archaeological Project in the Region of Tyre is a collaboration between the ... more The Lebanese-Italian Archaeological Project in the Region of Tyre is a collaboration between the Directorate-General of Antiquities, Sapienza University of Rome, and the Lebanese University, on archaeological research and cultural heritage protection and promotion in the areas to the east and south of the present-day Tyre peninsula, represented, respectively, by Tell Mashouk, Shawakeer, and Ras el-Ain. These regions, which are traditionally connected with the historical quest for Palaeo-Tyre, must have played an essential role in the development of Tyre through the ages; however, little archaeological investigation has been carried out in the past. Therefore, the Lebanese-Italian Archaeological Project in the Region of Tyre aim is to study patterns of human occupation, land and sea use, and water management in this unique maritime cultural landscape in the environs of Tyre with a multi-level analytical approach.

Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

BAAL , 2019

The Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) is an archaeological survey that explores a significant inla... more The Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) is an archaeological survey that explores a significant inland area of the northern Lebanese coast. The project focuses on the plain of Koura and its main city Amioun, seeking to understand the region’s settlement pattern from the earliest periods of occupation (Palaeolithic/Neolithic) until the Medieval/Islamic era. In particular, NoLeP will concentrate its efforts on investigating the Bronze Age and Iron Age occupation. This will provide a different perspective on the formation of the great Canaanite urban centres and their subsequent flourishing during the first millennium as Phoenician cities. As a second but equally important target, NoLeP will try to gain a better comprehension of the relationship between coastal and inland areas.

Pearls of the Past. Studies in Honour of Frances Pinnock. Alter Orient und Altes Testament AOAT (Ugarit-Verlag), 2017

The contextual study of Greek pottery is quite important in understanding the religious life of t... more The contextual study of Greek pottery is quite important in understanding the religious life of the inhabitants of the Levantine coast or specifically "central Phoe-nicia", 1 particularly through the use of Attic pottery in ritual ceremonies and as offerings in tombs. The study of the exchanges between Greece and the Phoenician coast, during the Achaemenid Empire, does not only implicate the study of the circulation of the objects, but also the study of the reception, the intercultural phenomenon and the definitions of the cultural contexts. With that in mind we have to focus on the receptors, or the inhabitant of the Levantine coasts, this can only be achieved by following a contextual approach while dealing with the Greek pottery or any other type of cultural material. 2 The objects are looked at in their precise archeological context. Even if we do not have a lot of coherent data, taking into consideration the urban aspect of the Phoenician cities can be of great use in clarifying the exchanges contexts. The archaeological excavations in the Levant indicate an urban development during the Persian Period resulting in the improvement of the living conditions and the enrichment of part of the population. 3 The archaeological evidence , from Iron Age cities, illustrates emerging urban societies and what could be considered as a wealthy elite that managed to flourish in a period characterized by intense Mediterranean commerce in a rather stable political atmosphere. During this same period, we notice that Greek and East Greek pottery were imported in mass quantities all over the Levantine coast. While studying this extensive material we noticed that only specific typologies 4 and iconographies made their way to this part of the Mediterranean. This phenomenon cannot be arbitral but rather an indicator of sophisticated and urbanized societies that borrowed specific forms and stories from foreign cultures and adapted them into their own so-1

CONTRIBUTI E MATERIALI DI ARCHEOLOGIA ORIENTALE XVIII (2018) A Oriente del Delta Scritti sull'Egitto ed il Vicino Oriente antico in onore di Gabriella Scandone Matthiae a cura di, 2018

During the Late Iron age, the Phoenician coast was under the hegemony of the Achaemenid Empire an... more During the Late Iron age, the Phoenician coast was under the hegemony of the Achaemenid Empire and the local material culture seems mostly dominated by esthetical and iconographical “borrowings” from several other near eastern neighbors and civilizations in the Mediterranean. Egyptian and Greek influences on the Phoenician artistic remains is flagrant yet also so peculiar. The local civilizations of the Levant seem quite selective in what they borrow and how they borrow it. The recent archaeological data and studies allow us to say that while looking at the Phoenician civilizations of the Late Iron Age we seem to be facing a sophisticated uprising society in the shadow of a prosperous Mediterranean world, conscious of its own culture but also of the cultures of its neighboring societies.

Transeuphratène 49 , 2017

L'importation de La poterie grecque en « phénicie » pendant L'époque perse : réfLexions sur L'inf... more L'importation de La poterie grecque en « phénicie » pendant L'époque perse : réfLexions sur L'infLuence économique et cuLtureLLe de La grèce sur Les sociétés LocaLes (Pls. IV-VI) M. Haider* Résumé : Un des phénomènes qui caractérise la côte levantine pendant la période perse est l'importation en masse de céramique grecque, surtout à vernis noir et à figures noires et rouges en provenance de l'Attique. Ces vases étaient associés dans plusieurs cas aux rituels religieux et banquets funéraires comme le Marzeah. L'analyse et l'interprétation de cette poterie importée, selon sa réception dans les civilisations locales, sont très importantes pour comprendre la vie religieuse et sociale de la Phénicie en Transeuprhratene. Summary: We do not know a lot about the Phoenician culture in general, and we know even less about Phoenician religious beliefs and cults. We shall try in this paper to shed a new light on the religious life of the inhabitants of the Levantine Coast, particularly through the use of Attic pottery in the Mazreah. The Mazreah is a ritualistic mourning feast that, in a way, resembles the classical symposium but, in another way, is quite different. A key element for understanding some aspects of the religious Phoenician life during the Persian period is through analyzing the role and reinterpretation of the imported pottery used in a new range of specific social situations in Phoenicia.

During the Persian Period (ca 539–332 BC), Attic pottery was being exported throughout the Levant... more During the Persian Period (ca 539–332 BC), Attic pottery was being exported throughout the Levantine coast in great quantities from the late 5 th century until the middle 4 th century BC. Attic pottery is mostly found in domestic contexts with local pottery yet in some cases, it was found in contexts with a ritual aspect, probably related to cultic feasting and mourning rituals. The Lebanese Department of Antiquities/British Museum excavations at the College site in Sidon, southern Lebanon, collected more than 3500 sherds of Greek pottery during its 16 seasons of excavations (1998–2012 1). Coming from what seems to be a habitation site, rather than from tombs, the pieces are extremely fragmentary and hard to identify and date, mainly the figured ones. Nevertheless, identifying and cataloguing the material was done to help us have a clearer idea about its significance in Sidon, the area and its role in the relations between the Phoenician coast and the Greek world during the Persian period (the Achaeme-nid Empire, ca. 539–330 BC). The excavations at College Site are still ongoing, so no clear conclusions about the nature of the contexts can be drawn right now, yet the archaeological context was also taken into consideration while studying the material in order to understand better the «indigenous» use of these imported vases and the conception of the Greek vase by the local population. During the 1 st millennium, attic pottery was being imported in mass quantities all over the Levantine coast mainly from the late 5 th century until the middle 4 th century BC. The typology is varied, yet all wares are covered with a fine black glaze and several types of decoration like painted (Red and Black Figures), plain, fired, stamped, incised and in the 4 th century roulette decoration.

Papers/Contributions by May Haider

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLIII-B2-, 2022

In this paper, we present a multi-sensor approach employed to obtain the 3D model of the Roman te... more In this paper, we present a multi-sensor approach employed to obtain the 3D model of the Roman temple of Bziza (Lebanon) and its surroundings, a work carried out as part of the archaeological Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP). The integration of photogrammetry and portable mobile mapping technology was tested to overcome the weaknesses of each individual surveying method, with the aim of producing a complete and realistic 3D reconstruction of the whole site, as well as capturing at highresolution the architectural features of the main structure. Moreover, this case study serves to further investigate the accuracy that can be reached with mobile laser scanners, highlighting benefits and limitations of this rapid and efficient mapping technique also in the field of Cultural Heritage documentation.

Rivista di Studi Fenici XILX, 2021

In 2017 the joint Italian-Lebanese mission of the Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) started a syst... more In 2017 the joint Italian-Lebanese mission of the Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) started a systematic
investigation in the district of Koura. The aim of the project is the reconstruction via intensive and extensive survey
investigations of the ancient landscape of the region with particular reference to the ancient settlements located in the
inner plain. In particular, one of the main initial targets has been the investigation of the ancient city of Ammiya that
previous studies identified provisionally as the modern city of Amioun on the basis of textual data. This article provides
a detailed account of the results achieved by the joint mission during the survey activity: in particular, it furnishes for
the first time a solid archaeological basis in support of a definitive correlation between the modern city of Amioun and
ancient Ammiya. Moreover, it provides a first look at the origin, rise and development of the ancient settlement in this
site of fundamental importance in the inner area of Koura. This in turn permits us to illuminate the socio-economic
dynamics characterising this important region of Northern Lebanon.

منشورات الجامغة اللبنانية, 2022

Archaeology includes a set of analytical techniques applied in the study of material culture aime... more Archaeology includes a set of analytical techniques applied in the study of material culture aimed at obtaining quantitative and technical information. The data collected through these techniques provide information related to the technique of pottery making in ancient societies through which we can learn about the techniques of ancient societies mainly for producing, using, preserving, exchanging, and what was stored in their pottery. The characterization of pottery techniques through archaeometric techniques thus allows us to obtain a set of powerful data from which we can access different interpretations about the community that made or used pottery.

BAAL, 2019

The Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) is an archaeological survey that explores a significant inla... more The Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) is an archaeological survey that explores a significant inland area of the northern Lebanese coast. The project focuses on the plain of Koura and its main city Amioun, seeking to understand the region’s settlement pattern from the earliest periods of occupation (Palaeolithic/Neolithic) until the Medieval/Islamic era. In particular, NoLeP will concentrate its efforts on investigating the Bronze Age and Iron Age occupation. This will provide a different perspective on the formation of the great Canaanite urban centres and their subsequent flourishing during the first millennium as Phoenician cities. As a second but equally important target, NoLeP will try to gain a better comprehension of the relationship between coastal and inland areas.

Conference Presentations by May Haider

seminar part of the PRIN PNRR 2022 Project: Cultural Itineraries in Lebanon (CIL). Community enga... more seminar part of the PRIN PNRR 2022 Project: Cultural Itineraries in Lebanon (CIL). Community engagement, archaeological sites, and the accessibility to the cultural landscape in Northern and Southern Lebanon. Roma 8 May 2024, Sapienza University.

« Studies in archaeology and heritage », Conference organized by the Lebanese University

منشورات الجامغة اللبنانية, 2022

Earlier, museum practices focused almost entirely on the dialogue between museology and museograp... more Earlier, museum practices focused almost entirely on the dialogue between museology and museography and were understood as the design of spaces. Today, with the recognition of various types of "audiences", the number of interlocutors has increased, and consideration of visitor identity is as important as the problems of collection identity, preservation, and presentations.

BAAL 22, 2022

In 2019, a Lebanese-Italian team surveyed the regions of Shawakeer and Ras el-Ain, located within... more In 2019, a Lebanese-Italian team surveyed the regions of Shawakeer and Ras el-Ain, located within the present-day municipality of Tyre, in southern Lebanon. The survey area extends to the south of the promontory of Tyre, in the Tyre Coast Nature Reserve, which seems to have been part of the Bronze and Iron Age city of Tyre. Several scholars have identified this area with the city of Ushu mentioned in the second and first millennia Bc texts, but also with the Palaeo-Tyre of the written records of the Hellenistic and Roman periods. After pioneer explorative surveys in the 1880s, this area has not been object of thorough archaeological exploration.
Moving from these insights, a new Lebanese-Italian collaboration was established in 2019 in order to carry out a first systematic survey of the regions of Shawakeer and Ras el- Ain. Through a combination of remote sensing and pedestrian survey, we were able to systematically document monuments and sites in these areas and to outline a preliminary timeline for human occupation of this important ‘cultural landscape’. This report presents the 2019 research activities, objectives, methodology, and results achieved.

MELAMMU SYMPOSIA 11, 2022

Some contacts between Greece and the Levant seem to have survived the calamities that befell the ... more Some contacts between Greece and the Levant seem to have survived the calamities that befell the Mycenaean and much of the Levantine world around 1200 BC� They are detectable in poetry, rituals, myth and archaeology particularly in Cyprus and Crete� While addressing the question of exchange between the Greeks and the Phoenicians during the 1st millennium BC through the pottery imports, more precisely through the Greek pottery importation, we have to bear in mind that this has always been examined from a classicist point of view, never as a phenomenon common to an entire geographical area, and has always concerned whole historical periods rather than case studies of individual sites

RIVISTA DI STUDI FENICI, 2021

In 2017 the joint Italian-Lebanese mission of the Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) started a syst... more In 2017 the joint Italian-Lebanese mission of the Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) started a systematic investigation in the district of Koura. The aim of the project is the reconstruction via intensive and extensive survey investigations of the ancient landscape of the region with particular reference to the ancient settlements located in the inner plain. In particular, one of the main initial targets has been the investigation of the ancient city of Ammiya that previous studies identified provisionally as the modern city of Amioun on the basis of textual data. This article provides a detailed account of the results achieved by the joint mission during the survey activity: in particular, it furnishes for the first time a solid archaeological basis in support of a definitive correlation between the modern city of Amioun and ancient Ammiya. Moreover, it provides a first look at the origin, rise and development of the ancient settlement in this site of fundamental importance in the inner area of Koura. This in turn permits us to illuminate the socio-economic dynamics characterising this important region of northern Lebanon.

BAAL Hors-Série XVIII, 2017

The study of Phoenician religion, and to be more specific the study of Phoenician iconography and... more The study of Phoenician religion, and to be more specific the study of Phoenician
iconography and art generally, forces us to face the very difficult question of Phoenician
identity in the Iron Age Mediterranean, a query that does not admit simple answers.
Rather than abandoning the pursue to understand Phoenician iconography or insisting on
firm standards for Phoenician identity, we must remain content to observe recognisable
trends and incorporate new material into a broad framework as it becomes available.

Studia Eblaitica, 2022

The Lebanese-Italian Archaeological Project in the Region of Tyre is a collaboration between the ... more The Lebanese-Italian Archaeological Project in the Region of Tyre is a collaboration between the Directorate-General of Antiquities, Sapienza University of Rome, and the Lebanese University, on archaeological research and cultural heritage protection and promotion in the areas to the east and south of the present-day Tyre peninsula, represented, respectively, by Tell Mashouk, Shawakeer, and Ras el-Ain. These regions, which are traditionally connected with the historical quest for Palaeo-Tyre, must have played an essential role in the development of Tyre through the ages; however, little archaeological investigation has been carried out in the past. Therefore, the Lebanese-Italian Archaeological Project in the Region of Tyre aim is to study patterns of human occupation, land and sea use, and water management in this unique maritime cultural landscape in the environs of Tyre with a multi-level analytical approach.

Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

BAAL , 2019

The Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) is an archaeological survey that explores a significant inla... more The Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) is an archaeological survey that explores a significant inland area of the northern Lebanese coast. The project focuses on the plain of Koura and its main city Amioun, seeking to understand the region’s settlement pattern from the earliest periods of occupation (Palaeolithic/Neolithic) until the Medieval/Islamic era. In particular, NoLeP will concentrate its efforts on investigating the Bronze Age and Iron Age occupation. This will provide a different perspective on the formation of the great Canaanite urban centres and their subsequent flourishing during the first millennium as Phoenician cities. As a second but equally important target, NoLeP will try to gain a better comprehension of the relationship between coastal and inland areas.

Pearls of the Past. Studies in Honour of Frances Pinnock. Alter Orient und Altes Testament AOAT (Ugarit-Verlag), 2017

The contextual study of Greek pottery is quite important in understanding the religious life of t... more The contextual study of Greek pottery is quite important in understanding the religious life of the inhabitants of the Levantine coast or specifically "central Phoe-nicia", 1 particularly through the use of Attic pottery in ritual ceremonies and as offerings in tombs. The study of the exchanges between Greece and the Phoenician coast, during the Achaemenid Empire, does not only implicate the study of the circulation of the objects, but also the study of the reception, the intercultural phenomenon and the definitions of the cultural contexts. With that in mind we have to focus on the receptors, or the inhabitant of the Levantine coasts, this can only be achieved by following a contextual approach while dealing with the Greek pottery or any other type of cultural material. 2 The objects are looked at in their precise archeological context. Even if we do not have a lot of coherent data, taking into consideration the urban aspect of the Phoenician cities can be of great use in clarifying the exchanges contexts. The archaeological excavations in the Levant indicate an urban development during the Persian Period resulting in the improvement of the living conditions and the enrichment of part of the population. 3 The archaeological evidence , from Iron Age cities, illustrates emerging urban societies and what could be considered as a wealthy elite that managed to flourish in a period characterized by intense Mediterranean commerce in a rather stable political atmosphere. During this same period, we notice that Greek and East Greek pottery were imported in mass quantities all over the Levantine coast. While studying this extensive material we noticed that only specific typologies 4 and iconographies made their way to this part of the Mediterranean. This phenomenon cannot be arbitral but rather an indicator of sophisticated and urbanized societies that borrowed specific forms and stories from foreign cultures and adapted them into their own so-1

CONTRIBUTI E MATERIALI DI ARCHEOLOGIA ORIENTALE XVIII (2018) A Oriente del Delta Scritti sull'Egitto ed il Vicino Oriente antico in onore di Gabriella Scandone Matthiae a cura di, 2018

During the Late Iron age, the Phoenician coast was under the hegemony of the Achaemenid Empire an... more During the Late Iron age, the Phoenician coast was under the hegemony of the Achaemenid Empire and the local material culture seems mostly dominated by esthetical and iconographical “borrowings” from several other near eastern neighbors and civilizations in the Mediterranean. Egyptian and Greek influences on the Phoenician artistic remains is flagrant yet also so peculiar. The local civilizations of the Levant seem quite selective in what they borrow and how they borrow it. The recent archaeological data and studies allow us to say that while looking at the Phoenician civilizations of the Late Iron Age we seem to be facing a sophisticated uprising society in the shadow of a prosperous Mediterranean world, conscious of its own culture but also of the cultures of its neighboring societies.

Transeuphratène 49 , 2017

L'importation de La poterie grecque en « phénicie » pendant L'époque perse : réfLexions sur L'inf... more L'importation de La poterie grecque en « phénicie » pendant L'époque perse : réfLexions sur L'infLuence économique et cuLtureLLe de La grèce sur Les sociétés LocaLes (Pls. IV-VI) M. Haider* Résumé : Un des phénomènes qui caractérise la côte levantine pendant la période perse est l'importation en masse de céramique grecque, surtout à vernis noir et à figures noires et rouges en provenance de l'Attique. Ces vases étaient associés dans plusieurs cas aux rituels religieux et banquets funéraires comme le Marzeah. L'analyse et l'interprétation de cette poterie importée, selon sa réception dans les civilisations locales, sont très importantes pour comprendre la vie religieuse et sociale de la Phénicie en Transeuprhratene. Summary: We do not know a lot about the Phoenician culture in general, and we know even less about Phoenician religious beliefs and cults. We shall try in this paper to shed a new light on the religious life of the inhabitants of the Levantine Coast, particularly through the use of Attic pottery in the Mazreah. The Mazreah is a ritualistic mourning feast that, in a way, resembles the classical symposium but, in another way, is quite different. A key element for understanding some aspects of the religious Phoenician life during the Persian period is through analyzing the role and reinterpretation of the imported pottery used in a new range of specific social situations in Phoenicia.

During the Persian Period (ca 539–332 BC), Attic pottery was being exported throughout the Levant... more During the Persian Period (ca 539–332 BC), Attic pottery was being exported throughout the Levantine coast in great quantities from the late 5 th century until the middle 4 th century BC. Attic pottery is mostly found in domestic contexts with local pottery yet in some cases, it was found in contexts with a ritual aspect, probably related to cultic feasting and mourning rituals. The Lebanese Department of Antiquities/British Museum excavations at the College site in Sidon, southern Lebanon, collected more than 3500 sherds of Greek pottery during its 16 seasons of excavations (1998–2012 1). Coming from what seems to be a habitation site, rather than from tombs, the pieces are extremely fragmentary and hard to identify and date, mainly the figured ones. Nevertheless, identifying and cataloguing the material was done to help us have a clearer idea about its significance in Sidon, the area and its role in the relations between the Phoenician coast and the Greek world during the Persian period (the Achaeme-nid Empire, ca. 539–330 BC). The excavations at College Site are still ongoing, so no clear conclusions about the nature of the contexts can be drawn right now, yet the archaeological context was also taken into consideration while studying the material in order to understand better the «indigenous» use of these imported vases and the conception of the Greek vase by the local population. During the 1 st millennium, attic pottery was being imported in mass quantities all over the Levantine coast mainly from the late 5 th century until the middle 4 th century BC. The typology is varied, yet all wares are covered with a fine black glaze and several types of decoration like painted (Red and Black Figures), plain, fired, stamped, incised and in the 4 th century roulette decoration.

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLIII-B2-, 2022

In this paper, we present a multi-sensor approach employed to obtain the 3D model of the Roman te... more In this paper, we present a multi-sensor approach employed to obtain the 3D model of the Roman temple of Bziza (Lebanon) and its surroundings, a work carried out as part of the archaeological Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP). The integration of photogrammetry and portable mobile mapping technology was tested to overcome the weaknesses of each individual surveying method, with the aim of producing a complete and realistic 3D reconstruction of the whole site, as well as capturing at highresolution the architectural features of the main structure. Moreover, this case study serves to further investigate the accuracy that can be reached with mobile laser scanners, highlighting benefits and limitations of this rapid and efficient mapping technique also in the field of Cultural Heritage documentation.

Rivista di Studi Fenici XILX, 2021

In 2017 the joint Italian-Lebanese mission of the Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) started a syst... more In 2017 the joint Italian-Lebanese mission of the Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) started a systematic
investigation in the district of Koura. The aim of the project is the reconstruction via intensive and extensive survey
investigations of the ancient landscape of the region with particular reference to the ancient settlements located in the
inner plain. In particular, one of the main initial targets has been the investigation of the ancient city of Ammiya that
previous studies identified provisionally as the modern city of Amioun on the basis of textual data. This article provides
a detailed account of the results achieved by the joint mission during the survey activity: in particular, it furnishes for
the first time a solid archaeological basis in support of a definitive correlation between the modern city of Amioun and
ancient Ammiya. Moreover, it provides a first look at the origin, rise and development of the ancient settlement in this
site of fundamental importance in the inner area of Koura. This in turn permits us to illuminate the socio-economic
dynamics characterising this important region of Northern Lebanon.

منشورات الجامغة اللبنانية, 2022

Archaeology includes a set of analytical techniques applied in the study of material culture aime... more Archaeology includes a set of analytical techniques applied in the study of material culture aimed at obtaining quantitative and technical information. The data collected through these techniques provide information related to the technique of pottery making in ancient societies through which we can learn about the techniques of ancient societies mainly for producing, using, preserving, exchanging, and what was stored in their pottery. The characterization of pottery techniques through archaeometric techniques thus allows us to obtain a set of powerful data from which we can access different interpretations about the community that made or used pottery.

BAAL, 2019

The Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) is an archaeological survey that explores a significant inla... more The Northern Lebanon Project (NoLeP) is an archaeological survey that explores a significant inland area of the northern Lebanese coast. The project focuses on the plain of Koura and its main city Amioun, seeking to understand the region’s settlement pattern from the earliest periods of occupation (Palaeolithic/Neolithic) until the Medieval/Islamic era. In particular, NoLeP will concentrate its efforts on investigating the Bronze Age and Iron Age occupation. This will provide a different perspective on the formation of the great Canaanite urban centres and their subsequent flourishing during the first millennium as Phoenician cities. As a second but equally important target, NoLeP will try to gain a better comprehension of the relationship between coastal and inland areas.

seminar part of the PRIN PNRR 2022 Project: Cultural Itineraries in Lebanon (CIL). Community enga... more seminar part of the PRIN PNRR 2022 Project: Cultural Itineraries in Lebanon (CIL). Community engagement, archaeological sites, and the accessibility to the cultural landscape in Northern and Southern Lebanon. Roma 8 May 2024, Sapienza University.

« Studies in archaeology and heritage », Conference organized by the Lebanese University

ASOR MEETING BOSTON , 2022

The Lebanese-Italian Archaeological Project in the Region of Tyre is a collaboration between Sapi... more The Lebanese-Italian Archaeological Project in the Region of Tyre is
a collaboration between Sapienza University of Rome, the Directorate General of Antiquities of Lebanon (DGA) of Tyre and the Lebanese University, for archaeological investigation and cultural heritage protection, sustainable valorization, and promotion. The project – started in 2019 and now in its third season – focuses on the investigation of the regions of Tell Mashouk, Shawakeer, and Ras el- Ain, to the east and south of the present-day Tyre peninsula, aiming at a better understanding of the developmental trajectory of this important maritime landscape from prehistory to modern times.
In this paper, we will present the results of the continuation and extension of the project through a study season and a major field season in 2022 in terms of fine-tuning the chronological outline and interpreting patterns of settlement, economic activities, and urban/rural/maritime interactions in this area through time. We will also present our work on a preliminary catalogue of Cultural Heritage sites and monuments in the survey region to use as a research tool and to prevent threat factors and discuss our vision for a “low-impact” development of the Project’s areas for sustainable tourism.

ASOR MEETING CHICAGO, 2021

The Italian-Lebanese archaeological mission in the region of Koura, north Lebanon, started in 201... more The Italian-Lebanese archaeological mission in the region of Koura, north Lebanon, started in 2017 as a joint cooperation between the University of Udine and the Lebanese University, in collaboration with the Directorate General of Antiquities of Lebanon and the Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo)​-Beirut. Over the last four years, intensive and extensive surveys covering an area of more than 100 sq km, in addition to specifically aimed research, allowed the North Lebanon Project (NoLeP) team to start to reconstruct the regional settlement patterns from the time of the earliest human presence up to the area’s recent history. Though several historical references and sporadic investigations suggested that the region was of the utmost importance for the archaeology of Lebanon—and more generally of the Levant—no systematic investigation had been carried out thus far in the inner area of Koura. The NoLeP mission changed this and managed to build a coherent and a complete picture of the numerous phases of occupation that characterized the region.
This paper presents a first reconstruction of the settlement dynamics characterizing the region—especially during the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Classical epoch. Furthermore, it provides a first attempt to set the basis for a first definition of the local archaeological heritage as a potential crucial resource for the implementation of plans aimed at stimulating and empowering sustainable heritage strategies in the region

Shaping boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean area in the first Millennium BC Melammu Workshop,... more Shaping boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean area in the first Millennium BC
Melammu Workshop, Verona 2022, January 19-21

Theme 5: Dealing with the Past , 2021

Workshop 19- The Bronze and Iron Age Archaeological Landscape of Western Lebanon

On the occasion of the National Day Celebration of Lebanon's Cultural Heritage, the joint Italian... more On the occasion of the National Day Celebration of Lebanon's Cultural Heritage, the joint Italian and Lebanese Northern Lebanon Project directed by M. Iamoni (University of Udine) and M. Haider (Lebanese University III Branch Tripoli) has organised, together with the Directorate General of Antiquities, a photographic exhibition that shows the results achieved after two suvey seasons. 21 panels illustrate the region's geography and history, as well as the many settlement phases identifed during the archaeological investigation, starting with the earliest prehistory and continuing through the Bronze Age, Phoenician period, Hellenistic-Roman and Byzantine times, the early Medieval epoch and the following Ottoman dominion. The result is a wide-ranging picture of the unique complexity of the local archaeological and cultural heritage and demonstrates its importance for modern Lebanon

Importation of Greek Pottery to the Phoenician Coast during the Persian Period : Case study Colle... more Importation of Greek Pottery to the Phoenician Coast during the Persian Period : Case study College Site, Sidon

May Haider
Docteur de l’Université de la Sapienza à Rome
Chercheur associé à l’Ifpo

Tuesday the 24th february 2015 - 6 pm
Salle de conférence de l’Institut Français du Liban
Espace des Lettres - Rue de Damas - Beyrouth
Tél. Ifpo 01.420 291/293

Public Lecture in English

منشورات الجامغة اللبنانية, 2022

إنّ الأركيولوجيا علم متفرع الإتجاهات والمذاهب، ومن أهدافه الأساسية دراسة الإنسان السالف وما خَلّف... more إنّ الأركيولوجيا علم متفرع الإتجاهات والمذاهب، ومن أهدافه الأساسية دراسة الإنسان السالف وما خَلّفه من حضارة مادية وثقافية في زمان ومكان معينين، وذلك من خلال عمليات المسح والتنقيب. إنّ هذا الدليل ليس مدخلًا لعلم الآثار أو كتابًا عن التقنيات المستخدمة، إنما هو محاولة لمقاربة مناهج البحث العلمي والتيارات الفكرية في بعض مذاهب علم الآثار، وإعطاء فكرة للطالب عن المنهجيات المعتمدة بحسب الفترات التاريخية، أيضًا بحسب نوع الثقافات المادية المكتشفة واللقى الاثرية، ومناهج البحث العلمي المعتمدة في تاريخ الفن واللغات القديمة، كذلك كيفية مقاربة الإنسان السالف ومحيطه واعطاء لمحة عن تاريخ وتطور علم المتاحف.
انطلاقًا من هذا الواقع، وضع هذا الكتاب ليكون دليلًا للطالب في رحلته العلمية للبحث عن إعادة بناء الماضي من خلال البقايا المادية المكتشفة. هدف هذا الدليل تسهيل بحث الطالب من خلال تزويده بأبرز المفاتيح عن علم الآثار وتياراته المعاصرة.

لجنة إعداد الدليل
حزيران 2022

PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION: NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE AREA OF KOURA CONFERENCE: THE INNER COUNTRYSIDE O... more PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION:
NEW DISCOVERIES
IN THE AREA OF KOURA
CONFERENCE:
THE INNER COUNTRYSIDE
OF THE CENTRAL LEVANT. HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
8-9 November 2022
Palazzo di Toppo Wassermann via Gemona 92, Udine