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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

Excavated Isin-Larsa period housing at Ur. Image courtesy of Mary Shepperson.

Daily Life

Sunlight and Shade in the First Cities – A Sensory Archaeology of Early Iraq

August 8, 2017

Figure 3. Nude standing female figurine with piercings to joint separately modeled arms. Babylon (Iraq), terracotta, c. 2nd century BCE–1st century CE. Height: 23cm. BM 81-7-1-3368 = 121212. Photo: © The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Art

A Girl’s Helping Hand on the Journey to the Afterlife: Alabaster Ishtar-Aphrodite Figurines from Seleucid-Parthian Babylonia

December 21, 2023

The long march of deportees begins. From A.H. Layard, A Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh (1853). Public Domain, courtesy of The New York Public Library.

Assyria

Neo-Assyrian Deportation and the Levant

February 16, 2021

Facsimile of a painting depicting a ruler of Tunip bringing his son to court. Painted by Nina de Garis Davies. Metropolitan Museum of Art 30.4.55. Public Domain.

Bronze Age

Did Kings Meet Each Other Face-to-Face During the Late Bronze Age?

March 7, 2022

Faience head from Area B. Photo by Gabi Laron

Art

The Bearded Figure Who Might be King

January 24, 2019

Recent Articles

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

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

From Trash to Treasure: Nahal Omer and the Virtual Silk Road

Featured Articles

Sunlight and Shade in the First Cities – A Sensory Archaeology of Early Iraq

Neo-Assyrian Deportation and the Levant

Did Kings Meet Each Other Face-to-Face During the Late Bronze Age?

The Bearded Figure Who Might be King

Peqi‘in Cave—A Unique Chalcolithic Cemetery in the Southern Levant

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