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Publications

Prepatatory publications (Palmyra Portrait Project)

Bobou, O., Kristensen, N.B., McAvoy, S. & Raja, R. (2020). "Archive Archaeology in Palmyra, Syria: A new 3D reconstruction of the Tomb of Ḥairan". Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 19, OnlineFirst. DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2020.e00164.

Bobou, O., Miranda, A. C. & Raja, R. (2021). “The Ingholt Archive. Data from the Project ‘Archive Archaeology: Preserving and Sharing Palmyra’s Cultural Heritage through Harald Ingholt’s Digital Archives’”, Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 9: 6, 1-10. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joad.78.

Bobou, O., Miranda, A. C., & Raja, R. (2022). "Harald Ingholt's Twentieth-Century Archive of Palmyrene Sculptures: 'Unleashing' Archived Archaeological Material of Modern Conflict Zones", Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 1 February 2022, 10 (1): 74–101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.10.1.0074

Bobou, O., Raja, R. & Steding, J. (2022). Excavating Archives: Narratives from 20th-Century Palmyra, Aarhus.

Raja, R. (2015). "From studying portraits to documenting Syria's cultural heritage", in: Raja, R. & Sørensen, A. H. (eds.), Harald Ingholt & Palmyra, Aarhus, 10-13.Raja, R. (2016). "The history and current situation of World Heritage sites in Syria: The case of Palmyra", in: Almqvist, K. & Belfrage, L. (eds.), Cultural Heritage at Risk, Stockholm, 27-47.

Raja, R. (2016). "Illegal trade and export of cultural goods: The case of the Palmyrene funerary portraiture", in: Chahin, D. & Lindblom, I. (eds.), Fighting the Illegal Looting of Syria's Cultural Heritage, Sofia, 11-12.

Raja, R. (2024). 'Between the Lines: Toward a Recontextualized Archaeological Practice through Dialogues between Fieldwork and Archival Research', in: Raja, R. (ed.), Between the Lines, Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, 12.1. Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania University Press, pp. 1-19.

Raja, R. (ed.) (2024). Between the Lines, Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, 12.1. Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania University Press.

2023

Baird, J. A., Kamash, Z. & Raja, R. (2023). "Knowing Palmyra: Mandatory production of archaeological knowledge", Journal of Social Archaeology, OnlineFirst. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14696053221144013.

Bobou, O, Miranda, A. C., Raja, R. & Steding, J. (2023). “Archiving Palmyra: Outcomes of Inquiry into Archaeological Legacy Data”, in: Raja, R. (ed.), Shaping Archaeological Archives: Dialogues between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives, Archive Archaeology 4, Turnhout: Brepols, 47-70.

Bobou, O., Miranda, A. C., Raja, R. & Yon, J.-B. (2023). The Ingholt Archive: The Palmyrene Material, Transcribed with Commentary and Bibliography, Archive Archaeology 2, 4 vols, Turnhout:Brepols.

Bobou, O., Mortensen, E. & Raja, R. (2023). "Unboxing Palmyra: the archive of Harald Ingholt", Current World Archaeology 118, 38-41.

Brody, L. & Raja, R. (2023). “The Mosaics from the 1928–1929 Campaigns of the Joint British-American Expedition to Gerasa: Drawings by Grace and Dorothy Crowfoot”, in Raja, R. (ed.), Shaping Archaeological Archives: Dialogues between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives, Archive Archaeology 4, Turnhout: Brepols, 213-279.

Garth Jones, R. (2023). “Analogue Problems Through a Digital Lens: Reconsidering Underlying Issues with Archaeological Archival Practice Using the Digitization of the Samarra Archives”, in Raja, R. (ed.), Shaping Archaeological Archives: Dialogues between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives, Archive Archaeology 4, Turnhout: Brepols, 301-309.

Miranda, A. C. & Raja, R. (2023). “Considerations in Archive Archaeology: Past and Present Colonialism in the Study of Palmyra’s Archaeology and History”, in Raja, R. (ed.), Shaping Archaeological Archives: Dialogues between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives, Archive Archaeology 4, Turnhout: Brepols, 71-98.

Raja, R. (ed.) (2023). Shaping Archaeological Archives: Dialogues between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives, Archive Archaeology 4, Turnhout: Brepols.

Raja, R. (2023). “Shaping Archaeological Archives: Fieldwork, Collections, and Private Archives — Issues of Curation and Accessibility”, in Raja, R. (ed.), Shaping Archaeological Archives: Dialogues between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives, Archive Archaeology 4, Turnhout: Brepols, 1-7.

Raja, R. & Steding, J. (2023). “Revisiting Harald Ingholt's Excavation Diaries: Zooming in on Two Graves in the South-West Necropolis of Palmyra and their Inscriptions”, in Raja, R. (ed.), Shaping Archaeological Archives: Dialogues between Fieldwork, Museum Collections, and Private Archives, Archive Archaeology 4, Turnhout: Brepols, 99-126.

2022

Bobou, O., Miranda, A. C., & Raja, R. (eds.) (2022). Archival Historiographies: The Impact of 20th-Century Legacy Data on Archaeological Investigations, Archive Archaeology 3, Turnhout: Brepols.

Bobou, O., Miranda, A. C., & Raja, R. (2022). "Harald Ingholt's Twentieth-Century Archive of Palmyrene Sculptures: 'Unleashing' Archived Archaeological Material of Modern Conflict Zones", Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 10:1, 74–101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.10.1.0074

Bobou, O., Miranda, A. C., & Raja, R. (2022). "Introduction", in O. Bobou, A. C. Miranda and R. Raja (eds.): Archival Historiographies: The Impact of 20th-Century Legacy Data on Archaeological Investigations, Archive Archaeology 3, Turnhout: Brepols.

Bobou, O., Raja, R. & Steding, J. (2022). Excavating Archives: Narratives from 20th-Century Palmyra, Aarhus: UrbNet.

Johnson, D. K. & Miranda, A. C. (2022). "Perspectives on Funerary Sculpture from Roman Palmyra through the Harald Ingholt Archive", in O. Bobou, A. C. Miranda and R. Raja (eds.): Archival Historiographies: The Impact of 20th-Century Legacy Data on Archaeological Investigations, Archive Archaeology 3, Turnhout: Brepols.

Miranda, A. C. & Raja, R. (2022). "The Ingholt Archive: The Impact of Archives on Palmyrene Studies and Syrian Cultural Heritage Preservation", in O. Bobou, A. C. Miranda and R. Raja (eds.): Archival Historiographies: The Impact of 20th-Century Legacy Data on Archaeological Investigations, Archive Archaeology 3, Turnhout: Brepols.

Miranda, A. C. & Raja, R. (2022). "Urban Religion in the Desert: The Case of Palmyra, An Anomalocivitas in the Roman Empire", in Religion in the Roman Empire 8:2, 159-170. DOI: 10.1628/rre-2022-0011.

Miranda, A. C. & Raja, R. (eds.) (2022). Urban Religion in the Desert: Perspectives from Palmyra, Religion in the Roman Empire 8:2, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck.

Mortensen, E. & Raja, R. (2022). “Facing the Palmyrenes: Exploring Life and Death in a Desert City”, Current World Archaeology 111, 16-24.  

Mortensen, E. & Raja, R. (2022). “Johannes Østrup’s journey of discovery: exploring the value of centuries-old scientific records”, Current World Archaeology 114, 36-39. 

Raja, R. (2022). Pearl of the Desert: A History of Palmyra, New York: Oxford University Press.

Raja, R. (2022). "Making the Danish Engagement in Near EasternResearch available to a Broader Public. On the Value of an English Translation of Johannes Elith Østrup’s Skiftende Horizonter from 1894" in Spence, C. (ed.) Shifting Horizons: Observations from a ride through the Syrian Desert and Asia Minor by Johannes Østrup. Turnhout: Brepols, xi-xii.

Raja, R. (2022). "Urban Religion in Palmyra: Tiny Evidence in a Big City", in Religion in the Roman Empire 8:2, 221-240. DOI: 10.1628/rre-2022-0014.

Raja, R. and Steding, J. (2022). "Harald Ingholt’s fieldwork diaries: Legacy data of the early 20th century", in O. Bobou, A. C. Miranda and R. Raja (eds.): Archival Historiographies: The Impact of 20th-Century Legacy Data on Archaeological Investigations, Archive Archaeology 3, Turnhout: Brepols.

2021

Bobou, O., Miranda, A. C. & Raja, R. (2021). “The Ingholt Archive. Data from the Project ‘Archive Archaeology: Preserving and Sharing Palmyra’s Cultural Heritage through Harald Ingholt’s Digital Archives’”, Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 9: 6, 1-10. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joad.78.

Bobou, O., Jensen, J. V., Kristensen, N. B., Raja, R. & Thomsen, R. R. (eds.) (2021). Studies on Palmyrene Sculpture: A Translation of Harald Ingholt’s Studier over Palmyrensk Skulptur, Edited and with Commentary, Studies in Palmyrene Archaeology and History 1, Turnhout.

Miranda, A., & Raja, R. (2021). ”Archive Archaeology: Preserving and Sharing Palmyra's Cultural Heritage through Harald Ingholt's Digital Archives. A case study in the accessibility and potential of archives”, Antiquity, First View. DOI:10.15184/aqy.2021.165​​​​​​​.

Raja, R. & Steding, J. (2021). ”Harald Ingholt’s Excavation Diaries from his Fieldwork in Palmyra – an Open Data Online Ressource”, Journal of Open Archaeology Data 9, 8. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/joad.84.

2020

Bobou, O., Kristensen, N. B., McAvoy, S & Raja, R. (2020). "Archive Archaeology in Palmyra, Syria A new 3D reconstruction of the Tomb of Ḥairan", Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2020.e00164.