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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

Undergraduate students at the University of South Alabama assist with the curation of archaeological human skeletons from a legacy collection. Photo by L. A. Gregoricka.

Bioarchaeology

Is it Ethical to Continue Excavating the Dead in the Ancient Near East?

July 11, 2024

Amber scaraboid from Vetulonia. Photo courtesy of the author.

Art

Scarabs in Pre-Roman Italy

April 26, 2022

Digital Archaeology

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

October 1, 2026

Conoid seal, Gaza, Iron Age IIB (ca. 830–700 BCE). Source: Keel, Corpus der Stempelsiegel-Amulette aus Palästina/Israel, Band IV, 129 fig. 3.

Religion

Cognitive Science and the Ancient Near Eastern Religious Imagination

August 2, 2021

The stacking of Elamite heads. From the Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, room 33, BM no 124801. Redrawn by Joanne Porck.

Assyria

The Remarkable Rise of Assyria: A Reassessment

July 20, 2023

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

Is it Ethical to Continue Excavating the Dead in the Ancient Near East?

Scarabs in Pre-Roman Italy

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

Cognitive Science and the Ancient Near Eastern Religious Imagination

The Remarkable Rise of Assyria: A Reassessment

On the Potential of Deep-Submergence Archaeology

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