No One Thought to Ask the Fruits: Revealing Philistines’ Traditions
June 2024 | Vol. 12.6 By Suembikya Frumin The Philistines (ca. 1200-604 BCE) left no textual sources for understanding their religion, and its study has traditionally been based on
Digitizing Cultural Heritage: Challenges, Opportunities and Best Practices
MAY 2024 | Vol. 12.5 By Peter Herdrich All around the world, cultural heritage is under threat: from conflict to climate change to urban expansion, the challenges facing heritage s
The Hebrew Bible and the Meanings Ruins Hold
MAY 2024 | Vol. 12.5 By Daniel Pioske On April 28, 1462 CE, Pope Pius II issued a bull (Cum almam nostram Urbem) prohibiting the destruction of Roman ruins on penalty of excommunic
(Re)visiting the Past in the Present: The Power of Place and the Malleability of Monuments
MAY 2024 | Vol. 12.5 By Matthew D. Howland, Morag M. Kersel, James F. Osborne, and Yorke M. Rowan In her formative work The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History (1995
From Words into Pictures: Adapting 1177 BC for Comics
April 2024 | Vol. 12.4 By Glynnis Fawkes When Princeton University Press editor Rob Tempio first suggested a graphic adaptation of Eric Cline’s 1177 BC, I wasn’t sure how it c
Resilience and Rebirth: Lessons Learned from the Aftermath of the Late Bronze Age Collapse
April 2024 | Vol. 12.4 By Eric H. Cline Some thirty years ago, the respected sociologist Shmuel Eisenstadt said bluntly that “ancient states and civilizations do not collapse a
How Did Cyrus the Great Die?
April 2024 | Vol. 12.4 By Morteza Arabzadeh Sarbanani As far as we know, Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, probably died around 530 BCE at the age of seven
Understanding Trade and Power in Early Egypt: A Geopolitical Approach
March 2024 | Vol. 12.3 By Juan Carlos Moreno García In recent years, several studies have revealed the complex networks of exchanges and circulation of peoples, goods, ideas, and
A Minor Biblical Prophet Lives Again—Among the Dead
March 2024 | Vol. 12.3 By Amy Erickson In the catacombs beneath the city of Rome, where the dead were interred, honored, and visited, Jonah is strikingly alive. On the walls, the c
Migrations and Invasions: How Steppe Nomads Shaped the Near East
January 2024 | Vol. 12.1 By Kenneth W. Harl Nomadic peoples dwelling on the Eurasian steppes have historically played a major role in shaping the civilizations of the Near East. On