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Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir
Mar 27, 20232 min read
The different scientific analyses of the Dead Sea scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls are ancient Hebrew and Jewish religious texts. They were discovered in 1946-7 in the Qumran Caves on the northern...
Menam Archaeology
Dec 30, 20226 min read
Happy New Year!
Wait, do I have the right date?! The celebration of the New year is not a modern phenomenon, but not all New Years celebrations were or...
Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir
Nov 28, 20223 min read
Brick by (boring) brick
Throughout history different kinds of building techniques and materials have dominated the fashion and knowledge of their time. One of...
Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir
Oct 27, 20223 min read
Tell Qaramel: A Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement.
Tell Qaramel is a tell, or mound, located in the northern part of Syria ca 25 km north of Aleppo. The tell lies between the modern...
Olivia Berry
Oct 24, 20225 min read
The Female Nude in Mesopotamia: Representations of Women and Nudity.
Welcome back to the Female Nude series! In the previous article, we explored the representation, visibility and understanding of...
Josefin Percival
Oct 24, 20223 min read
False doors: gateways to the other world
Without a doubt, any visitor to a museum with a larger Egyptian collection, or indeed to Egypt itself, has failed to notice the large...
Glynnis Maynard
Oct 24, 20226 min read
‘Demons’ in the ancient Middle East
From the title antagonist in The Exorcist to sporadic cameos on Ancient Aliens, as Dungeons & Dragons characters and as the originating...
Olivia Berry
Oct 23, 20225 min read
The Female nude in Mesopotamia: Identifying and understanding ancient women
In the previous article of the Female Nude Series, we explored the issue of women within the archaeological record not being taken...
Olivia Berry
Oct 23, 20223 min read
The Female Nude in Mesopotamia: Gender Studies and Archaeology
This short series aims to examine the representations of the female nude in Mesopotamia, determining any changes that might have taken...
Menam Archaeology
Oct 23, 20223 min read
Gadara: The City of Many Masters
Nestled south of the Yarmouk nature reserve in the northernmost part of Jordan lies the remains of the ancient city of Gadara, modern day...
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