Cyprus Through Syrian Eyes: Reflections on Hanna Diyab’s 1707 Travels
Hanna Diyab’s 18th century travelogue offers not only a rare view of Ottoman Cyprus but also insight into eastern Mediterranean trade across the ages.
Did Meretneith Rule Egypt as a Female King in the First Dynasty?
Egyptologists have long disputed whether Meretneith was an independent ruler of Egypt. Can new digital analysis of an old photograph solve the mystery?
Israelite and Judahite Ambassadors to Assyria
In antiquity as today, ambassadors were the representatives of their states in foreign lands. But whose interests did ambassadors from small states to terrifying empires really rep