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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

Fragment of a clay tablet, Prayers of Amil-urgal, New Year ritual at Babylon, 72 lines of inscription, neo-Babylonian. © The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Mesopotamia

The Babylonian Akītu Festival and the Ritual Humiliation of the King

September 27, 2022

Bible

The Post-2002 Fragments and the Scholars Who Turned Them Into Dead Sea Scrolls

February 24, 2019

Granary tableau. Tomb of Meketre (Thebes), Dynasty 12. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 20.3.11. Public Domain.

Egypt

Servant Figurines from Egyptian Tombs: Whom Did They Depict, and How Did They Work?

February 18, 2020

History

Before and After Babel

August 3, 2023

Minoan style gold ring from Mycenae. CMS I. 17. Image courtesy of the author.

Aegean

Trees and Power in Aegean Art

June 3, 2019

Recent Articles

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

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

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

Featured Articles

The Post-2002 Fragments and the Scholars Who Turned Them Into Dead Sea Scrolls

Before and After Babel

Trees and Power in Aegean Art

The Cushites: Race and Representation in the Hebrew Bible

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