This special issue of Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy is the result of the conference ‘Archaeological Failaka, Recent and Ongoing Investigations’ organised at the National Library of Kuwait by the National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters (NCCAL) of the State of Kuwait and the French Research Center of the Arabian Peninsula (CEFREPA, formerly known as CEFAS) between 26 and 28 November 2019. Not less than 13 articles on the archaeology of Failaka offer an overview of the most recent works on sites dating from its first occupation in the Bronze Age to the late Islamic period. It provides a new insight into the rich history of Failaka – an island explored by Kuwaiti and international teams since the 1950’s and that was connected with Mesopotamia, Iran, the Near East and India – and begin to fill in some gaps, in particular concerning the late Islamic period, the pottery studies, the long-distance trade and the geomorphology of the island.

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本期《阿拉伯考古学与金石学》特刊是科威特国家文化、艺术和文学委员会 (NCCAL) 和阿拉伯半岛法国研究中心在科威特国家图书馆组织的“考古失败，最近和正在进行的调查”会议的结果（CEFREPA，前身为 CEFAS）于 2019 年 11 月 26 日至 28 日期间。不少于 13 篇关于法拉卡考古学的文章概述了从青铜时代首次占领到伊斯兰晚期晚期遗址的最新作品。它提供了对法拉卡丰富历史的新见解——自 1950 年代以来科威特和国际团队探索的一个岛屿，与美索不达米亚、伊朗、近东和印度相连——并开始填补一些空白，特别是关于伊斯兰晚期，陶器研究，