For Marine to Moor and Urban
Next Winter Lecture
7th April 2025
Reconstructing Religion
The Archaeology of Late Antique Christianity in Samahij, Bahrain
Professor Timothy Insoll, FBA
Our lectures are held at 7:00 pm in the Devonport Lecture Theatre of the Portland Square Building, University of Plymouth on the first Monday of each month.. PAS members, University staff & students, with valid ID, and all school students are admitted free. All others are welcome but asked to contribute £4 towards our expenses.
Historical records refer to the existence of a Bishop in the islands of Bahrain, but no archaeological trace of a Christian presence was found until 2019 when the remains of a large building were uncovered occupied from the mid-4th to mid-8th centuries. Professor Insoll is Al-Qasimi Professor of African and Islamic Archaeology, University of Exeter and is Honorary Archaeological Advisor to the Crown Prince & Prime Minister of Bahrain, HRH Sh. Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa.
Winter Lecture Programme
A series of monthly lectures from October to April each year
Summer walks
Monthly visits to sites of archaeological interest
