Hunting - The Ancient Near East Today

Figure 2: Collapsed prehistoric structures along the shoulders of Mesa 7 on Wadi al-Qattafi. Photo by A. C. Hill.

October 2023 | Vol. 11.10 By Yorke M. Rowan The forbidding landscape known as the Black Desert is created by lava flows stretching from southern Syria to northern Saudi Arabia that

Figure 5: Relief sculpture showing a hunting dog involved in a lion hunt. From the so-called Alexander Sarcophagus from the ‘Ayaa Necropolis in Sidon. Late 4th century BCE. Photograph: Jessica Nitschke

October 5, 2023

By ANE Today Editor

Dogs as Part of the Social Fabric of Iron Age Settlements

October 2023 | Vol. 11.10 By Lidar Sapir-Hen and Deirdre N. Fulton The interaction of humans with their best friend, the dog, is extensively studied. In historical periods, evidenc

Dog harnessed, with a loop on the device to restrain it, on mosaic from Shechem (Neapolis) on display in the Israel Museum (photographer unknown, courtesy of the Israel Museum).

June 16, 2020

By ANE Today Editor

Animals Art Roman Period

Pictures of Restraint: Hunting Carnivores on Mosaics from the Roman and Byzantine Periods

Many cultures hunt with animals. Roman mosaics give us insights about different techniques for restraining animals but also about the ideologies of their patrons.

Hunting Tag

Beyond the Fertile Crescent: Life in the Black Desert

Dogs as Part of the Social Fabric of Iron Age Settlements

Pictures of Restraint: Hunting Carnivores on Mosaics from the Roman and Byzantine Periods