The conference will take place from June 6 to 8, 2013

June 6 & 7: Fondation Simone & Cino del Duca, 10 rue Alfred de Vigny, Paris 8^e

June 8: Collège de France, salle Claude Levi-Strauss, 52 rue Cardinal Lemoine, Paris 5^e

The meeting is devoted to the presentation of new archaeological, epigraphic and historical researches on ancient South Arabia and in the neighbouring regions (Saudi Arabia, Oman Peninsula, Horn of Africa).

Besides, we consider devoting part of our time and discussions to the following theme, from the angle of archaeology, epigraphy, anthropology and art history:

The religion in pre-Islamic Arabia: sacred territories, sacred spaces

- Béatrice André-Salvini, director of the department 'Antiquités orientales', Musée du Louvre

- Mounir Arbach, researcher at the CNRS, UMR 8167 "Orient et Méditerranée"

- Guillaume Charloux, research engineer at the CNRS, UMR 8167 "Orient et Méditerranée"

- Iwona Gajda, researcher at the CNRS, UMR 8167 "Orient et Méditerranée"

- Michel Mouton, researcher at the CNRS, UMR 7041 "ArScAn"

- Christian Robin, emeritus director of research at the CNRS, UMR 8167 "Orient et Méditerranée", member of the 'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres'

- Jérémie Schiettecatte, researcher at the CNRS, UMR 8167 "Orient et Méditerranée"