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Courtyard of “Le Petit Palais”, constructed 1831-1832. Photo by Helen Dixon.

Art

Treasures in Tunis: An Archaeologist’s Guide to the Bardo National Museum

November 3, 2026

Map of Cyprus from 1873-1874 CE, while under Ottoman control. Public Domain via Wikimedia.

History

Cyprus Through Syrian Eyes: Reflections on Hanna Diyab’s 1707 Travels

October 22, 2026

Close-up of a seal impression on a mudstopper from Saqqara tomb S3503 with serekhs (rectangular symbols that were used to frame an Egyptian king’s name in the Early Dynastic period). Courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society; used with permission from the author.

Digital Archaeology

Did Meretneith Rule Egypt as a Female King in the First Dynasty?

October 1, 2026

Featured Articles

Full results of academic family trees, showing those with four or more scholars. Those with fewer than four people in their trees are collected at the bottom of the image

History of the Field

Who Are You? Preliminary Results of the Academic Genealogies of Near Eastern Scholars (AGNES) Project

November 8, 2022

Photograph of Equus africanus (Photo 79784, (c) Valerie, some rights reserved [CC BY-NC-ND]) https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/79784

Animals

Donkeys, Domestication and Early Bronze Age Society

May 14, 2020

Bellerophon wearing the “Phrygian cap” (indicating his Anatolian affiliation) attacking Chimera while riding Pegasus. Red-figure plate, c. 350-300 BCE, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme. (Photo: C. Raddat z; CC By-SA 2.0)

Bronze Age

What Can Mythological Narratives tell us about Mycenaean Long-Distance Trade in the Bronze Age?

February 23, 2023

Ivory replicas of pomegranate from the Tomb of Tutankhamon.

Art

The Golden Pome: The Pomegranate from its Deepest Roots to Modern Culture

February 24, 2019

Beit She’an in Israel where Byzantine Christianity flourished after the Islamic conquest (Photo by Author).

History of the Field

Absences, Archaeology, and the Early History of Monotheistic Religions in the Near East

February 9, 2023