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In the News: The Origin of the Euphrates Discovered: The Great River of Mesopotamia Was Born 6 Million Years Ago and Flowed Into an Almost Dry Mediterranean--Guillermo Carvajal from LBV Magazine. buff.ly/R8Gj31T
📷 Beytullah eles/Wikimedia Commons
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What We're Reading: From the American Research Center in Egypt, Maarten Hoogland tells us about "The Social Contract of the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Letters to the Dead". Read more here! buff.ly/vLLj9V0
📷 The Qau Bowl. Source: UCL Digital Egypt.
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What We're Watching: Inside Hegra, the Lost City of the Nabataeans. Watch here! youtube.com/watch?v=mwTtBGou…
📷 Slice History Youtube
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In the News: Leon Barkho, from the University of Sharjah, in collaboration with phys.org wrote, "How an eye physician who translated classical Greek medicine into Arabic helped form Western medical thought". buff.ly/BBGNJP6
📷 Cleveland Museum of Art
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In the News: The Mysterious Copper Scroll and the End of Days. Read more from Haaretz News, written by Zen Reading here. buff.ly/azBdjU6
📷 Simon Gibson indicating the spot in Cave 3Q where the Copper Scroll had been found. Credit: Simon Gibson
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Our #objectofthemonth is the Peace Treaty between Ḫattušili III & Ramesses II. Read more about this fascinating treaty on our Substack ANEToday! buff.ly/1LVtzKR
📷 ca. 1259 BCE. Airport Museum, Istanbul. Photo by J. Nitschke.
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In the Ancient Near East Today let's rediscover "Byblos and the Making of an Ancient Maritime Hub", by Hanan Charaf and Martine Francis-Allouche. Learn more by subscribing to ANEToday! substack.com/home/post/p-200…
📷 © Gédéon Programmes, Drawing conception: Martine Francis-Allouche
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What We're Watching: SAHARA: Journey through the Hoggar Mountains, Southern Algeria. Watch here! youtube.com/watch?v=hhWdtRUt…
📷 Amazing Places on Our Planet Youtube
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In the News: The Greek Times shares "A Letter to Hollywood and Nolan's Odyssey Cast from Us Greeks". This newspaper would like to remind Hollywood that Greek culture has remained unbroken through language, memory, and cultural continuity. Read more here! greekcitytimes.com/2026/05/2…
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In the News: Restoration work has begun at the Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq's Dhi Qar province, as archaeologists race to protect the ancient Sumerian site from climate-linked erosion. Watch here! youtube.com/watch?v=pdXLSlR_…
📷 Reuters Youtube
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What We're Reading: Another great one by Isaac Samuel. "The Camel in African History: Ancient Ships of the Sahara". Read more by visiting African History Extra. buff.ly/oZD5njF
📷 Terracotta figurine of a camel carrying transport amphorae. Met Museum.
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ASOR supports efforts in the city of Derna in eastern Libya to stabilize and restore heritage damage from Storm Daniel. Read more about ASOR rehabilitation efforts funded by the U.S. Department of State here! asor.org/chi/updates/2026/05…
📷 Source: DOA
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New Museum Exhibit: Pylos of Nestor: A Mycenaean Kingdom Revealed. Visit the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, from 26 May - 31 October. buff.ly/oNwNpmn
📷 ©Ministry of Culture, Organization for the Management and Development of Cultural Resources (ODAP)
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In the News: Friend or foul? Phys.org explores the ancient bond between pigeons and people. buff.ly/cURcLMd
📷 A small limestone pigeon sculpture from Cyprus dating to 600–480 BCE. Credit: Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art at the MET (CC-0)
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What We're Watching: Archaeologist Ranks Every Egyptian Pyramid; "A completely arbitrary ranking of 27 ancient Egyptian pyramids". Watch here! youtube.com/watch?v=BhIvJ47j…
📷 Dig It With Raven Youtube Chanel
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What We're Reading: "The Mystery of the Golden Coffin". How did $65 million of allegedly stolen antiquities wind up in two of the world’s greatest museums? Learn more by reading Ariel Sabar's article from The Atlantic! theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
📷 Illustration by Ana Miminoshvili
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In the News: Neolithic Builders Near Jerusalem Made Advanced Plaster 8,000 Years Before the Romans, by Tudor Tarita. Read more here! buff.ly/Sflszkq
📷 Musei Vaticani, Museo Gregorio Profano 9999. Credit: Wikimedia Commons | ZME Science
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In exactly two weeks, Friends of ASOR will depart on the Cyprus Across the Ages tour, June 14-23. There are still available spots! Contact us for more info! asor.org/news/2025/08/tour-c…
📷 Photo by Carole Raddato, CC-by-NC-SA.
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New Museum Exhibit: The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy. Visit the San Francisco fine arts museum between May 2 - September 20, 2026 buff.ly/TkhPNru
📷 Musée du Louvre, Paris, Purchase 1861, collection of the Marquis Giovanni Pietro Campana, Cp 5193.1–2
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Looking for something to do Sunday evening? Join the Biblical Archaeology Society of Northern Virginia (BASONOVA) for a lecture by Andrew Tobolowsky on “The Twelve Tribes of Israel” at 7:30 pm THIS Sunday, May 31, in Rockville, Maryland. basonova.org/next-lecture-re…
📷 Basonova
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