“Proto-Rams”: Piecing Together the Early History of Naval Ram Development
May 2023 | Vol. 11.5 By Stephen DeCasien The naval ram was the predominant weapon of navies throughout much of antiquity, playing a decisive role in many consequential confrontatio
A Sea of Law: The Romans and Their Maritime World
May 2023 | Vol. 11.5 By Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz The sea was key for Rome’s success; it served as the setting of several battles that granted them hegemony over the Mediterranean
The Fall of the Bronze Age and the Destruction that Wasn’t
December 2022 | Vol. 10.12 By Jesse Millek In any telling of the end of the Late Bronze Age (LBA) in the Eastern Mediterranean, there is one key theme that emerges as an integral c
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
The Neo-Assyrian Empire and Egypt
August 2022 | Vol. 10.8 By Mattias Karlsson The Neo-Assyrian empire, with its center along the river Tigris in northern Mesopotamia, controlled large parts of the ancient Near East
Decision Making and Leadership in Egyptian Warfare
july 2022 | Vol. 10.7 By Anthony Spalinger Anyone studying foreign relations faces clear-cut obstacles, the sharpest being the antithesis between routine conduct and extraordinary
Everyday Life in Exile: Judean Deportees in Babylonian Texts
When King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon conquered the kingdom of Judah, part of Judean population was deported to Babylonia. The Hebrew Bible offers little information about exilic
Cultural Heritage and Human Rights in Ukraine
The Russian war against Ukraine has been a human calamity. The losses are measured first in human lives but also in the destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage.
Comparing the Civilizations of Ancient Egypt and Early China
March 2022 | Vol. 10.3 By Marissa Stevens “Well, you’re just comparing apples to oranges!” has often been shouted during a heated argument as an attempt to invalidate metapho
Nefertiti on Her Chariot – The Use of Chariots in Ancient Egypt
Chariots appear in Egypt in the early second millennium as modes of transportation and weapons of war. For a brief time, women were also drivers.