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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

Amber scaraboid from Vetulonia. Photo courtesy of the author.

Art

Scarabs in Pre-Roman Italy

April 26, 2022

Scribes in a relief from the Tomb of Horemheb, Saqqara, ca . 1400 BCE. National Archaeological Museum, Florence, Italy.

Bronze Age

How Did the Kings of the Late Bronze Age Deal with Rumors?

January 19, 2023

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

A she-demon bound with chains and surrounded by words of adjuration. Collection of Shlomo Moussaief. Photograph by Matthew Morgenstern.

Judaism

Early Jewish Magic

January 29, 2018

Ivory funiture inlay with Egyptian motif from Kalhu. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 62.269.3. Public Domain.

Assyria

The Neo-Assyrian Empire and Egypt

August 9, 2022