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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 21, 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

Ravens and crows are also popular motives in Roman mosaics and wall-paintings. In this mosaic from the Dominicans Museum in Rottweil, Germany, dated to the end of the 2nd century AD, a raven is sitting to the left of the famous singer Orpheus. Public Domain via Wikimedia

Animals

When ‘Dumb’ Beasts Raise Their Voices: Speaking Animals in Ancient Graeco-Roman and Near Eastern Literature

April 5, 2022

Alphabetic Cuneiform. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Language & Writing

The Social Context of Writing in Ancient Ugarit

April 19, 2022

Cécile Michel writing a letter at Kültepe, Photo: Vanessa Tubiana-Brun

Assyria

Housewives, Weavers and Businesswomen: Assyrian Women from Assur and Kanesh

June 10, 2021

Figure 1: A silver coin from Rhodes with the head of Helios. © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0

Art

An Alternative Timeline for the Colossus of Rhodes

December 12, 2024

Co-authorship network of the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research. This network graph contains 699 nodes, representing scholars who have co-authored a paper at the conference at least once from 2009-2018. Red nodes correspond to men, while blue nodes correspond to women. Node size is proportional to betweenness centrality, one of the metrics used to identify the most important people in the network. (Courtesy S. Edwards, 2018)

History of the Field

Who Are the “Best-Connected” Members of the ASOR Community?

May 3, 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

When ‘Dumb’ Beasts Raise Their Voices: Speaking Animals in Ancient Graeco-Roman and Near Eastern Literature

An Alternative Timeline for the Colossus of Rhodes

Who Are the “Best-Connected” Members of the ASOR Community?

The Myth of the Servant: A New Tale of Kingship from the Ancient Near East

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