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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

Tomb painting, Valley of the Kings: Tomb of Thutmose (reigned 1502–1448 BCE; Keel, Symbolism, fig. 253). Line drawing by Othmar Keel.

Bible

The Tree of Life

October 1, 2020

Tree remains from sixth millennium BC. Photo courtesy of the author.

Climate & Environment

How Ancient Egypt Shows that Climate Change is Always with Us

April 21, 2020

Figure 3. Canaanite Jar from Arpera Mosphilos. Courtesy of the Director, Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.

Bronze Age

Cyprus and Ugarit: A Tale of Two Late Bronze Age Mercantile Polities

March 6, 2025

Sugar making in Sicily. From an engraving by Filippo Galle Harlem (1537-1612) reproducing a drawing by the painter Giovanni Stradano (Hans von der Straat) of Bruges (1636-1605). © The Trustees of the British Museum.

Craft & Industry

Medieval Sugar Production in the Southern Levant: A Sweet Story

September 7, 2022

MDP 28, 405. Tehran, National Museum of Iran. Photo courtesy of Hossein Badamchi.

Daily Life

The Care of the Elderly in Susa: A Study in the Akkadian Documents from the Sukkalmah Period

October 17, 2019