Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...
View looking south through the Met's galleries for Ancient Near Eastern Art. (Rendering courtesy NADAAA, with graphic design by Morcos Key) Slated to debut in 2025 with work kicking off next year, the ...
Volume 1. From the beginnings to Old Kingdom Egypt and the dynasty of Akkad -- Volume 2. From the End of the Third Millennium BC to the Fall of Babylon -- Volume 3. From the Hyksos to the Late Second ...
Inscriptions on a set of four clay tablets from the ancient Near Eastern civilization of Babylonia have finally been completely deciphered, thousands of years after they were produced, a study reports ...
Eckart Frahm, one of the world’s foremost experts on the Assyrian Empire, was recently appointed the John M. Musser Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, effective immediately. He is ...
Modern study of Old Testament literature / John Bright -- Biblical history in transition / George E. Mendenhall -- The Hebrew language in its Northwest Semitic background / William J. Moran -- The ...