Is it Ethical to Continue Excavating the Dead in the Ancient Near East?
July 2024 | Vol. 12.7 By Lesley A. Gregoricka Around the world, bioarchaeologists are beginning to come to terms with the ethical ramifications of working with the bodies of the de
Exploring the Book of the Dead through the Getty Collection
November 2023 | Vol. 11.11 By Sara E. Cole “Book of the Dead” is a modern term to describe a series of ancient Egyptian ritual spells (instructions and incantations). These hel
Dig Deeper: Revisiting the Excavations of a Glass Workshop at Jalame el-Asafna
May 2023 | Vol. 11.5 By Katherine A. Larson “How was glass made in antiquity?” This is the question that drove a team from The Corning Museum of Glass and the Universit
The Ishtar Gate of Babylon: One Monument, Multiple Narratives
april 2023 | Vol. 11.4 By Helen Gries The lavishly decorated Ishtar Gate was one of the city gates of ancient Babylon in present-day Iraq, built by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezz
Achieving Divinity: “Golden Mummies of Egypt” at Manchester Museum
March 2023 | Vol. 11.3 By Campbell Price An international touring exhibition “Golden Mummies of Egypt”, consisting of 107 objects from Manchester Museum, has recently returned
(Hi)stories Set in Plaster: Ancient Western Asian Reproductions and the Berlin State Museums
MAY 2022 | Vol. 10.5 By Pınar Durgun The past and present of plaster copies Just before the reveal of “Göbeklitepe-like” Neolithic sites in Karahantepe and Sayburç/Turkey