2020 – 12

December 2020

Vol. 8, No. 12

Damasus’ poem on Peter and Paul (epigram 20), carefully carved into marble by his regular calligrapher Furius Dionysius Philocalus (copy currently on display in the San Sebastiano fuori le Mura church). Courtesy of the author.

The Apostle Peter, Anchor of the Church

December 24, 2020

A pair of gold earrings, 24-karrat. The overlying cuneiform inscription mentions the name of the Neo-Sumerian (Ur III) king Shulgi, son of Ur-Nammu. 21st century BCE. On display at the Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq. Photo courtesy of the author.

Photographing Iraq

December 15, 2020

Nefertiti alone on her chariot (tomb of Merira I at Amarna, Dynasty 18; after Davies, N., The Rock Tombs of El Amarna Part I. The Tomb of Meryra. London 1903, pl. 17).

Nefertiti on Her Chariot – The Use of Chariots in Ancient Egypt

December 10, 2020

Images of Nubian Kings found by Swiss archaeologist Charles Bonnet in 2003. Photo by Matthias Gehricke, CC By-SA-4.0.

The Cushites: Race and Representation in the Hebrew Bible

December 1, 2020

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