Archaeologists in Turkey uncovered rare infant remains at Hittite site Uşaklı Höyük, shedding light on ancient burial customs ...

“The Hittites were uniquely interested in recording rituals in foreign languages,” Daniel Schwemer, head of the Chair of ...

Cranial trephination and infectious disease in the Eastern Mediterranean: The evidence from two elite brothers from Late Bronze Megiddo, Israel. PLOS ONE, 2023; 18 (2): e0281020 DOI: 10.1371 ...

In the ancient Near East, king-lists were simply ordered listings of the kings of a particular dynasty or kingdom. King-lists were used as far back as the Sumerians and as far away as Egypt, but the ...

Ivana Puljiz, an archeologist from the University of Tübingen’s Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies, describes the palace, known as Kemune, as a carefully designed building with mud ...

Dating the ancient Near East -- Cuneiform messages -- Animals and humans -- The royal image -- Communicating with the divine -- Materials and techniques -- Descriptions of the works of art -- Quick ...

Catalog : HIST.2130 History of the Ancient Near East (Formerly 43.213) Id: 037455 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3 Description This broad survey investigates the development of the so-called "Cradles of ...

Studies on the Ancient Near East produce specialists who are able to analyze and interpret original sources, such as cuneiform texts in Akkadian and Sumerian. Studies include courses on languages, ...

“Dysentery is spread by faeces contaminating drinking water or food, and we suspected it could have been a big problem in early cities of the ancient Near East due to over-crowding, heat and ...

Patronage is generally assumed by scholars to have been a universal feature of ancient Near Eastern societies, but has been neglected as a topic of serious investigation. The purpose of this study is ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is planning a $40 million initiative to renovate its Ancient Near East and Cypriot galleries, museum officials announced on Tuesday. The collection holds some of the ...