PEF EVENT
Thu 26th May 2022 (6pm BST)
Sacred Architecture: An exploration of al Aqsa Mosque's complex history and landmarks
- Bashar Tabbah, Historical photographer and author
- PEF, 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich, London SE10 9FP
- Free, please phone 020 7935 5379 or email rsvppef@gmail.com
Measuring in at 144 acres, the area contains hundreds of landmarks from raised prayer platforms, to water fountains, schools, shrines, tombs and gates, each a snapshot of a history that spans 14 centuries.


PEF/CBRL joint Webinar
Thu 17th June 2021 (4pm BST)
Olga Tufnell's 'Perfect Journey'
- Jack Green with Ros Henry
- Online Webinar (Zoom)
- Free, register at cbrl.ac.uk
Chaired by Felicity Cobbing (PEF) & Carol Palmer (CBRL)
Discussant Amara Thornton (UCL)
Please book here.
PEF/EGYPT EXPLORATION SOCIETY joint STUDY DAY
Sat 10th July 2021
Between Africa and Asia: New research from the Sinai Peninsula
- Dr Hesham M. Hussein, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Dr Ahmed Shams, Durham University and Sinai Peninsula Research (SPR), Dr Konstantinos D. Politis, Hellenic Society for Near Eastern Studies, Dr Jamie Fraser, British Museum
- Online Webinar
- Tickets are £15-£25, book online, limited attendance capacity
This online study day, organised in partnership by the Egypt Exploration Society and the Palestine Exploration Fund, will consider some of the latest research into the archaeology and history of this unique landscape from its position as a frontier zone, as a melting pot for early Christianity, through to its late antiquity and subsequent historical exploration and mapping. Please book here.
Banner image: Wadi el-Zuweitin and the plateau of Gebel Katharina in the horizon. © Sinai Peninsula Research (SPR)
PEF/CBRL joint Webinar
Thu 9th Sept 2020 (4pm)
Was Jordan's Black Desert Green During the Late Neolithic?
- Eastern Badia Archaeological Project team
- Online Webinar
- Free, book online
PEF/CBRL joint lecture
Wed 26th Feb 2020 (6pm) & Fri 28th Feb 2020 (5.30pm)
The Survey of Western Palestine Revisited: The Visible and the Hidden
- Salman Abu Sitta, Palestine Land Society (PLANDS)
- PEF, 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich, London SE10 9FP
- Tickets free, but limited seats
Limited seats – please book by emailing collections@pef.org.uk
PEF Event
Thu 19th Mar 2020 (6pm) THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Excavating at Tel el Hesi, Past and Present
- Jeffrey Blakely, University of Wisconsin
- Palestine Exploration Fund, 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich, London SE10 9FP
- Tickets free, but limited seats
Meet archaeologist & Director of the current excavations at Tel el Hesi, Jeffrey Blakely, and get a behind the scenes look at the PEF’s archaeological material from its own excavations at the same site nearly 140 years ago.
Limited seats – please book by emailing collections@pef.org.uk
PEF/BRITISH MUSEUM LECTURE
Thu 26th Mar 2020 (1.30–2.30pm)THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Workers, Overseers and Interpreters: finding Palestinians in the excavations of the PEF
- Sarah Irving, Edge Hill University, Lancashire
- British Museum BP Lecture Theatre
- Tickets are £5 (£4 for BM Members)
PEF/AIAS JOINT LECTURE
Wed 29th Apr 2020 (6pm)
Fishing on the Sea of Galilee in the Early Roman Period
- Richard Bauckham, St Andrews University
- Institute of Archaeology, Lecture Theatre G6, Ground Floor, University, College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H OPY
- Admission free. No ticket required.
All welcome. Admission free. No ticket required. Enquiries 020 8349 5754.
PEF/BRITISH MUSEUM LECTURE
Thu 4th Jun (4pm)
The Lost Fortress of Umm Tawabin, Jordan
- Alexandra Arriotti, PEF Grant Scholar
- British Museum BP Lecture Theatre
- Tickets are £5 (£4 for BM Members)