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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

Nahal Omer textile collection: a. Supplementary weft cotton; b. Ikat cotton; b. Wool fragment; d. Green cotton with Ikat patch e. wool and cotton; f. Supplementary weft cotton; g. silk.

Archaeological Method

From Trash to Treasure: Nahal Omer and the Virtual Silk Road

September 17, 2026

Featured Articles

The Tenth Plague, full-page miniature, from the Hagadah for Passover (the ‘Sister Haggadah',) ca. 1325-1374 CE). British Library.

Health & Medicine

Passover in the Time of Pandemic

April 1, 2020

The site of Khirbat Shuʿaib, located next to the mosque and mausoleum of the Prophet Shuʿaib (Biblical Jethro), photo courtesy of the APAAME Project (photo by Mat Dalton).

Fieldwork

From the Southern Jordan Valley Plains to the Transjordanian Plateau: Current Archaeological Fieldwork in the Wadi Shuʿaib, Jordan

October 21, 2019

Tree remains from sixth millennium BC. Photo courtesy of the author.

Climate & Environment

How Ancient Egypt Shows that Climate Change is Always with Us

April 21, 2020

Sheep liver model from Mari, used for divination. Photo © 1998 GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Hervé Lewandowski.

Health & Medicine

Epidemics in Mesopotamia

September 1, 2020

Abba Garima Gospel 1, images 9 and 10, combined. This manuscript contains the four gospels, showing here two of the Eusebian canon tables. Image by Ethiopian Heritage Fund via Wikimedia.

Bible

Data Science and the Bible: Rediscovering the History of the Christian Bible in Ethiopia

October 26, 2021