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Recent Articles

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

Atanasius Kircher, Topographia Paradisi Terrestris (ca. 1675; Public Domain). The term paradise is derived from Old Persian term pairi-daêzã.

Bible

Visions from the Middle Territory: The Books of Haggai and Zechariah in their Persian Context

January 18, 2022

Reconstruction of the horn fragment as a bucranion with a double axe. Image courtesy of Wolf-Dietrich Niemeir.

Aegean

What’s in a Style? Minoanizing Paintings in the Eastern Mediterranean

September 18, 2019

Green olives from Rhodes. Photo by Ввласенко via Wikimedia, CC By-SA 3.0

Food

Fossil Pollen and the Story of Olives in the Mediterranean Basin

January 21, 2020

The Death Pit of tomb PG 1237. Image provided by Laerke Recht.

Religion

Human Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East and Egypt

February 4, 2020

Silver goblet from ˁAin Samiya near Ramallah. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (inv. no. K2919), Staff Officer for Archaeology, Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria. Photo: October 27, 2025 (© Eberhard Zangger, Luwian Studies #5082).

Art

Lifting the Sky: The Cosmic Program on the ˁAin Samiya Goblet

November 13, 2025