2025 – 02 - The Ancient Near East Today

February 2025

Vol. 13, No. 2

The outer lid of Panedjem I (CG 61025/JE 26217). Note the extensive chiseling of gilding. Photo by UCLA Coffins Project, Courtesy of the Egyptian Museum Cairo. From Recycling for Death by Kara Cooney, used by permission of the publisher, AUC Press.

When Is It Ok to Recycle a Coffin? The Rules of the Reuse Game in Ancient Egypt

February 20, 2025

Jebel Aqra (north of Ugarit) where it meets the Mediterranean Sea at Samra beach, on the border between Syria and Türkiye. Photo by Kevorkmail via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

“Lift the mountain on your hands,” or How to Cross a Netherworld Border

February 6, 2025

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