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Alexander the Great and the High Priest of Jerusalem, 16th century engraving from Italy. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1944.19. Public Domain.

Literature & Texts

Alexander the Great in Jerusalem

October 16, 2025

The Ark Passes Over the Jordan (c. 1896-1902), by James Jacques Joseph Tissot.

Pop Culture

Imagining the Ark of the Covenant, From Exodus to Indiana Jones

October 2, 2025

The Feast of Esther by Jan Lievens (ca. 1625). North Carolina Museum of Art.

Bible

The Book of Esther Between Judaism and Christianity

September 18, 2025

Featured Articles

A reconstructed lion of the Processional Way representing the goddess Ishtar (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Vorderasiatisches Museum, Photo: Olaf M. Teßmer).

Cities & Urbanism

The Ishtar Gate of Babylon: One Monument, Multiple Narratives

April 27, 2023

Sinai 375a drawing. Courtesy of Douglas Petrovich.

Language & Writing

Hebrew as the Language behind the World’s First Alphabet?

April 13, 2017

Evidence for a local glass workshop at Nuzi, near modern Kirkuk. c.1350BC; (a) Head of a glass Ishtar figurine, still in its ceramic mould (1930.8.5)

Craft & Industry

Glass: Lapis Lazuli from the Kiln

May 5, 2021

Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet basalt hill (Layer 5) and stratigraphy. Illustration provided by the authors.

Jordan

A Week in the Life of the Mousterian Hunter

March 3, 2020

Heritage

Digitizing Cultural Heritage: Challenges, Opportunities and Best Practices

May 30, 2024

Literature & Texts

Alexander the Great in Jerusalem

October 16, 2025

Pipeline in the Repit-Temple at Athribis with the segments being arranged in a bend (photo: H. Köpp-Junk)

Cities & Urbanism

Rain, Rain, Go Away: Dealing with Wastewater and Rain in Ancient Egypt

January 8, 2020

Plaster copy of Ashurnasirpal II’s lion hunt relief, VAG 19. Original from the Northwest Palace at Kalhu (modern Nimrud/Iraq), VA 00959. Vorderasiatisches Museum. Photo courtesy of the author.

Conservation

(Hi)stories Set in Plaster: Ancient Western Asian Reproductions and the Berlin State Museums

May 11, 2022

Recent Articles

Alexander the Great in Jerusalem

Imagining the Ark of the Covenant, From Exodus to Indiana Jones

The Book of Esther Between Judaism and Christianity

Featured Articles

The Ishtar Gate of Babylon: One Monument, Multiple Narratives

Hebrew as the Language behind the World’s First Alphabet?

Glass: Lapis Lazuli from the Kiln

A Week in the Life of the Mousterian Hunter

Digitizing Cultural Heritage: Challenges, Opportunities and Best Practices

Alexander the Great in Jerusalem

Rain, Rain, Go Away: Dealing with Wastewater and Rain in Ancient Egypt

(Hi)stories Set in Plaster: Ancient Western Asian Reproductions and the Berlin State Museums

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