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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

News

A Letter from the Editor

July 13, 2023

Bible

What is a God in the Hebrew Bible? Part I: The Divine Cast of Characters

July 10, 2025

Fig. 4: Marble statue of Herakles from the Antikythera shipwreck, Greece. Now in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. ©Katerina Velentza.

Art

The Maritime Transport of Sculptures in the Ancient Mediterranean

May 11, 2023

Figure 1: Tablet III of the Epic of Atrahasis (the Great Flood). Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE). BM80385. ©The Trustees of the British Museum.

Health & Medicine

Heartbreak and the History of Distress in Ancient Mesopotamia

July 27, 2023

Exiles leaving Lachish. Wall relief from the palace of Sennacherib, Niniveh. © The Trustees of the British Museum

Family & Household

How Two Historians Reconstruct the Lives of Ancient Children

May 18, 2019