Bethlehem Through the Ages

Betlemme attraverso le epoche

 Convegno sul patrimonio culturale di Betlemme (Palestina)           February 19, 2026 - 10 am

                                       Aula T03 Edificio Marco Polo                        

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10,00 - Introductory Greetings 

Magnificent Rector Antonella Polimeni 

H.E. Mona Abuamara, Ambassador of Palestine to Italy 

H.E. Hani El-Hayek, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities of Palestine 

Arianna Punzi Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities 

Franco D’Agostino Director of the Department of Oriental Studies 

Chairperson Lorenzo Nigro

Preclassic Session 

10,45 Daria Montanari, Department of Oriental Studies 

The Palestinian-Italian Archaeological Mission in Bethlehem 

11,00 Ghassan Nagagreh, Dar al-Kalima University of Bethlehem 

Bethlehem Governorate During the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age: What Do We Know? 

11,15-11,45 Coffee Break

Late Antiquity and Middle Ages Session 

11,45 Gabriele Castiglia - Fra’ Simone Schiavone - Giulia Spadanuda - Angelita Troiani, Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology  

The Shepherds’ Field in Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem. History, Archaeology, and Contemporaneity in a Devotional Site  

12,00  Michelina Di Cesare, Department of History, Anthropology, Religions, Art, Performing Arts  

Between Bethlehem and Jerusalem: Locating Jesus’s Birthplace in the Early Islamic Holy Land 

12,15  Omar Abed Rabo, Bethlehem University (online) 

Archaeological Survey at Khirbet Abu Hammama

12,30  Q&A 

13,00  Lunch Break

Chairperson Daria Montanari

Cultural Heritage Session  

14,00 Eman Z. Titi, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Palestine  

The Cultural Heritage of Bethlehem, cultural diplomacy and cultural policies  

14,15 Teresa Rinaldi, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “Charles Darwin” - Lorenzo Nigro, Department of Sciences of Antiquities  

A Mycenaean in Bethlehem? 

14,30 Dieck Haytham, Bethlehem Bible College - Kamal Mukarker, Bethlehem Bible College Tour guiding program (online)

Training, dissemination, and sustainable tourism for the protection of Bethlehem’s cultural heritage 

14,45 Lorenzo Indino, Department of Sciences of Antiquities

Monitoring and safeguarding Bethlehem’s archaeological heritage: digital documentation strategies and conservation

15,00  Wrap up and takeaways 

15,30  Poster session

Department of Oriental Studies Circonvallazione Tiburtina 4 00185 Rome 

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