December 2016
Vol. 4, No. 12
Antioch on the Orontes 2.0. New Stories from an Ancient City
By Andrea U. De Giorgi
Constantine the Great’s elevation of a hitherto unassuming city on the Bosphorus to the highest imperial rank in the fourth century CE altered the course of history in fundamental ways. It also accelerated the process of Rome’s eastward tilting that had put Antioch on the Orontes center stage for more than two centuries.
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Seeing Colors Beyond the Naked Eye: Spectral RTI, a New Tool for Imaging Artifacts
By Todd R. Hanneken
Photography has long been an essential tool for archaeology. But photographers often struggled to capture texture, such as cuneiform writing, or a stone inscription, or a stamped coin. In these cases, the primary meaning is not conveyed through contrast of light and dark materials or between different colors, which are the strengths of photography.
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Ask a Near Eastern Professional: Cuneiform Scripts in Assyria and Babylonia
By Susanne Paulus
Babylonia and Assyria were two of the most important powers in Mesopotamia in the 1st millennium BC. They shared a common language, Akkadian, and a common script, cuneiform. While scribes in both cultures used the same signs, they wrote nearly all the signs differently.
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Nimrud Update: New Photos of the Site
ANE Today
Since our inception, The Ancient Near East Today has covered the fate of archaeological and heritage sites under ISIL control. Now, thanks to Layla Salih of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities & Heritage, we present a series of images from the site of Nimrud, newly liberated from ISIL.
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Why the Arameans?
By K. Lawson Younger, Jr.
With the publication of my new book, A Political History of the Arameans, people have asked, “why a book on the Arameans?” It is not always easy answering this question. In some confessional circles if I say, “the Arameans were an important people group mentioned in the Bible,” I get smiles and approving nods.
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The Ancient Near East Today features contributions from diverse academics, a forum featuring debates of current developments from the field, and links to news and resources. The ANE Today covers the entire Near East, and each issue presents discussions ranging from the state of biblical archaeology to archaeology after the Arab Spring.
Take a look at the contents of this e-book!
• Antioch on the Orontes 2.0. New Stories from an Ancient City
• Seeing Colors Beyond the Naked Eye: Spectral RTI, a New Tool for Imaging Artifacts
• Ask a Near Eastern Professional: Cuneiform Scripts in Assyria and Babylonia
• Nimrud Update: New Photos of the Site
• Why the Arameans?
