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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

Whales: Giants of the Ocean

October 2, 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

Bronze Age

The Fall of the Bronze Age and the Destruction that Wasn’t

December 20, 2022

Wine pressing in a barrel (courtesy of The Hague Royal Library KW 76 F 13 fol. 009v).

Craft & Industry

Wine Production in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

December 27, 2021

Departure of the Israelites, David Roberts (1829). Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

Bible

Moses’ Other Names: A Clue to the Biblical Exodus During Egypt’s Civil War?

September 4, 2025

Stereotypical representation of foreigners, tomb of Puyemre (TT39), Thebes, Dynasty 18. Facsimile painting by Norman de Garis Davies. Metropolitan Museum of Art 30.4.13. Public Domain.

Egypt

Coping with Ethnicity in Pharaonic Egypt

May 28, 2020

The Sabaic royal inscription of Yithaʿʾamar Watar (about 715 BC), discovered by the German Archaeological Institute in Sirwāh in 2005, is a meaningful example for the Ancient South Arabian script as used in written records on public display (© Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, photo I. Wagner).

Language & Writing

Carved, Signed, Crossed Out – Documents on Wooden Sticks from Ancient South Arabia

October 5, 2022

Recent Articles

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

Whales: Giants of the Ocean

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

Featured Articles

The Fall of the Bronze Age and the Destruction that Wasn’t

Wine Production in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

Moses’ Other Names: A Clue to the Biblical Exodus During Egypt’s Civil War?

Carved, Signed, Crossed Out – Documents on Wooden Sticks from Ancient South Arabia

A Minor Biblical Prophet Lives Again—Among the Dead

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