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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

Stereotypical representation of foreigners, tomb of Puyemre (TT39), Thebes, Dynasty 18. Facsimile painting by Norman de Garis Davies. Metropolitan Museum of Art 30.4.13. Public Domain.

Egypt

Coping with Ethnicity in Pharaonic Egypt

May 28, 2020

Clay cone inscription in Akkadian by ‘Kudur-Mabuk, father of the Emutbal land, son of Šimti-šilhak”, ca. 1825 BCE, Musée du Louvre, Paris (AO 6445 = RIME 4: 267–268, text no. 2) © 2007 RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux

History

The Exceptional Career of a Mesopotamian Ruler without a Crown: Kudur-Mabuk and the Kingship of Larsa

January 1, 2022

Tourists crowd around the retaining wall surrounding the pit containing the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb (KV62) in the Valley of the Kings, during the period in late February 1923 when the tomb was first opened for public viewing. From the magazine article "At the Tomb of Tutankhamen" by Maynard Owen Williams in the May 1923 issue of National Geographic. Public Domain.

Egypt

Decoding Tutankhamun: Understanding the Tomb and its Treasures

November 8, 2022

Funerary Practices

Resurrection in the Mediterranean World

April 7, 2020

Dog harnessed, with a loop on the device to restrain it, on mosaic from Shechem (Neapolis) on display in the Israel Museum (photographer unknown, courtesy of the Israel Museum).

Animals

Pictures of Restraint: Hunting Carnivores on Mosaics from the Roman and Byzantine Periods

June 16, 2020

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

The Exceptional Career of a Mesopotamian Ruler without a Crown: Kudur-Mabuk and the Kingship of Larsa

Decoding Tutankhamun: Understanding the Tomb and its Treasures

Resurrection in the Mediterranean World

Pictures of Restraint: Hunting Carnivores on Mosaics from the Roman and Byzantine Periods

Photographing Iraq

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