2023 – 11 - The Ancient Near East Today

November 2023

Vol. 11, No. 11

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

Moses in Josephus’ Antiquities: Between Jewish and Greek Traditions

November 30, 2023

"Book of the Dead Papyrus of Webennesre" (detail), about 1479–1400 BCE, Papyrus and ink, 7 5/8 x 73 ¼ in. Getty Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Kraus, 83.AI.46.3

Exploring the Book of the Dead through the Getty Collection

November 16, 2023

The caravan of Marco Polo as depicted in the “Catalan Atlas” by Cresques Abraham, 1370–1380 CE. Bibliothèque nationale de France (Public Domain).

Archaeology of the Silk Road: What Lies Ahead?

November 9, 2023

Princess Sobeknakht Suckling a Prince, ca. 1700-after 1630 BCE. Copper alloy, 10.2 x 7 x 8.3 cm. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 43.137. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 43.137_SL1.jpg)

Gender in the Ancient Near East and Egypt

November 2, 2023

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