Crucial Labor: The Overlooked Contributions of Women in Western Egyptology
July 2024 | Vol. 12.7 By Kathleen Sheppard Women did much of the work that Western Egyptology has depended on for centuries. Often, the history of Western Egyptology foregrounds th
Archaeology of the Silk Road: What Lies Ahead?
November 2023 | Vol. 11.11 By Kate Franklin The idea of the Silk Road seems to be everywhere: bestselling books, museum exhibits, conferences, tours, travelogues, and geopolitical
Archaeological Laborers of 20th-Century Palestine
June 2023 | Vol. 11.6 By Melissa Cradic Who were the workers who carried out excavation of archaeological sites in the “big dig” era of the early 20th century in Palestine? Und
Absences, Archaeology, and the Early History of Monotheistic Religions in the Near East
February 2023 | Vol. 11.2 By Robin Derricourt In my writing I use archaeology and history together to understand phenomena of the deep past. I have authored survey volumes on inter
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
Who Are You? Preliminary Results of the Academic Genealogies of Near Eastern Scholars (AGNES) Project
november 2022 | Vol. 10.11 By Rachel Hallote, Diane Harris Cline, and Eric H. Cline Where do archaeologists and other scholars of the ancient Near East come from? Who were the inte
Modern Wars and Ancient Governance: Archaeology and Textual Finds from First Millennium BCE Babylon
November 2022 | Vol. 10.11 By Odette Boivin When the German architect-turned-archaeologist Robert Koldewey and his colleagues unearthed cuneiform tablets from the ruins of Babylon