A Virtual Visit to Tel Dan
january 2023 | Vol. 11.1 By Matti Friedman Anyone who’d like to visit the archaeological site of Tel Dan without actually traveling to northern Israel—and who wants to be shown
The Salt Traders of Seleucid Babylonia
january 2023 | Vol. 11.1 By Vito Messina The trade of salt was one of the most valuable economic activities in antiquity. Literary, epigraphic, and archaeological records point to
Putting the Luwian Culture on the Map
january 2023 | Vol. 11.1 By Eberhard Zangger and Serdal Mutlu Troy stands out in the popular imagination thanks to Homer’s Iliad. However, in archaeological terms Troy may seem
Hello I Must Be Going: The ANE Today Editor Says Goodbye
December 2022 | Vol. 10.12 By Alex Joffe Offspring are sometimes measured in numbers. So, 118 issues, 558 articles, and from 0 readers in 2013 to over 42,000 by 2023? These are AN
The Fall of the Bronze Age and the Destruction that Wasn’t
December 2022 | Vol. 10.12 By Jesse Millek In any telling of the end of the Late Bronze Age (LBA) in the Eastern Mediterranean, there is one key theme that emerges as an integral c
Death Wishes in the Hebrew Bible
December 2022 | Vol. 10.12 By Hanne Løland Levinson Many of us in the depths of despair have wished for death. What about figures in the Hebrew Bible? “Enough! Now, YHWH, take m
Mesopotamia Murder Mystery
December 2022 | Vol. 10.12 By Virginia Verardi Note: This report includes data derived from and images of human remains. Archaeology recovers processes in the past, like the evolut
Reforming (and Decolonising) Excavation and Survey in Iraq
December 2022 | Vol. 10.12 By Jaafar Jotheri Archaeology in Iraq has always been bound up with its external and internal politics. Iraq’s heritage law was written in 1936, four y
The Unlikely Merchants: Women Antiquities Dealers in 19th Century Baghdad
November 2022 | Vol. 10.11 By Nadia Ait Said-Ghanem In mid-January 1896, a searing letter written by the Iraqi antiquities dealer Jemilah Hanna Benny began to slowly make its way f
Decoding Tutankhamun: Understanding the Tomb and its Treasures
November 2022 | Vol. 10.11 By Peter Lacovara As the world celebrates the centennial of Howard Carter’s discovery in the Valley of the Kings, one often repeated observation is, in