Scarabs in Pre-Roman Italy
april 2022 | Vol. 10.4 By Enrico Giovanelli Scarabs are quintessential Egyptian objects. Made from a variety of materials, scarabs depict the dung beetle with folded wings and are
The Social Context of Writing in Ancient Ugarit
April 2022 | Vol. 10.4 By Philip Boyes We often ask, what is writing? A better question is, who is writing? It is very easy to approach ancient writing as something rather abstract
The Concept of Music in Ancient Mesopotamia
April 2022 | Vol. 10.4 By Daniel Sánchez Muñoz Cuneiform texts, more or less well-preserved real musical instruments, and iconography inform us about the instruments, performers,
When ‘Dumb’ Beasts Raise Their Voices: Speaking Animals in Ancient Graeco-Roman and Near Eastern Literature
April 2022 | Vol. 10.4 By Hedwig Schmalzgruber A pig, loved by all, a young quadruped, here I lie, having left behind the soil of Dalmatia after being offered as a gift.I walked Dy