2020 – 10

October 2020

Vol. 8, No. 10

Talismans and amulets were popularly used to serve as protection. Egyptian Talismanic Scroll, 11th-12th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Myth and Marvel: Medieval Muslim Writings on Ancient Egypt

October 29, 2020

Guardian in his wooden bed. © P. P. Petrone.

An Exceptional Discovery at Pompeii: A Victim’s Vitrified Brain Remains

October 22, 2020

Gate of the Khirbet en-Nahas fortress looking to the east. In the background, the north-eastern wall. © J.M. Tebes

A Desert Revolution – Transformations in Northwestern Arabia and the Arid Southern Levant in the Late 2nd Millennium BCE

October 15, 2020

Loom weights from Arslan Tepe, Turkey (From Arslan Tepe blog by R. Laurito and G. Palumbi, 2017: Fig. 9A, https://archeorient.hypotheses.org/7296)

The Archaeology of Clothing in the Ancient Near East

October 8, 2020

Tomb painting, Valley of the Kings: Tomb of Thutmose (reigned 1502–1448 BCE; Keel, Symbolism, fig. 253). Line drawing by Othmar Keel.

The Tree of Life

October 1, 2020

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