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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

Faida, Relief No. 4, 8th-7th cent. BC (Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project archive).

Assyria

Divine Channels: Rediscovering the Canal Networks of the Assyrian Empire

October 4, 2021

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

Fresco from a synagogue in Dura Europos, depicting the discovery of baby Moses by the Egyptian princess Thermouthis. Ca. 244–355 CE. Public Domain.

Bible

Moses in Josephus’ Antiquities: Between Jewish and Greek Traditions

November 30, 2023

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

Tel Dor 1980. Portrait of the editor as a svelte young man.

News

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December 28, 2022

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Treasures in Tunis: An Archaeologist’s Guide to the Bardo National Museum

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

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Divine Channels: Rediscovering the Canal Networks of the Assyrian Empire

Moses in Josephus’ Antiquities: Between Jewish and Greek Traditions

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