First International Conference on the Archaeology of the Oman Peninsula 2026
Kia ora, رَمَضَان كَرِيم (Wishing a generous Ramadan to all who observe!) I am part way through a two-month stay in Muscat, Oman, where I am collecting data for my PhD. At the start of this month I attended the First International Conference on the Archaeology of the Oman Peninsula and presented some of the recent work of the 'La Trobe University Archaeological Research in Oman' (LARiO) project. The conference, which was hosted at the Sultan Qaboos University campus in Muscat, marked the golden jubilee (50th anniversary) of the Journal of Oman Studies , the peer-reviewed scholarly journal of the Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Heritage and Tourism . Presenting at the First International Conference of the Archaeology of the Oman Peninsula, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, 1 February 2026. Photo: Roman Garba. In a great move for the profile of research in Oman, it was announced during the conference that the Journal of Oman Studies was becoming a Gold Open Access journal -...