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ASOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS POSTS

 

New Journal: NEA 89.1 (March 2026)

 

FOA Webinar: Yana Tchekhanovets—New Excavations at Nessana, Negev

 

2026 Book Award Nominations

 

Friends of ASOR Cyprus Tour

News Items

Past ASOR News, Month to Month

ASOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS POSTS

News Items

Past ASOR News, Month to Month
The replacement wall nearing completion. 

Cultural Heritage Initiatives

Sudan National Museum Access Project Update

Since launching in January, ASOR’s Sudan National Museum Access Project has made steady progress in strengthening site security and restoring key infrastructure at the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum. This work is being carried out in close collaboration with Sudan’s antiquities department, the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums. Over the last three months, the work has focused on two main priorities: repairing a damaged enclosure wall and clearing the property’s sewage drainage system.

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Cultural Heritage Initiatives

Sudan National Museum Access Project Update

Since launching in January, ASOR’s Sudan National Museum Access Project has made steady progress in strengthening site security and restoring key infrastructure at the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum. This work is being carried out in close collaboration with Sudan’s antiquities department, the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums. Over the last three months, the work has focused on two main priorities: repairing a damaged enclosure wall and clearing the property’s sewage drainage system.

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ASOR Annual Meeting

November 18-21, 2026
Chicago & Hybrid

The Call for Papers deadline has been extended to April 1 for paper and workshop presentation proposals.

 

 ASOR Annual Meeting

November 18-21, 2026
Chicago & Hybrid

The Call for Papers deadline has been extended to April 1 for paper and workshop presentation proposals.

 

The Ancient Near East Today : Vol. 14, No. 4.2

Ancient Nessana: A Pilgrimage Site at the Edge of the Desert

Ancient Nessana is not associated with any biblical events or major relics. However, during the Byzantine period, it emerged as a prominent Christian center for pilgrims traveling to Sinai.

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The Ancient Near East Today: Vol. 14, No. 4.2

Ancient Nessana: A Pilgrimage Site at the Edge of the Desert

Ancient Nessana is not associated with any biblical events or major relics. However, during the Byzantine period, it emerged as a prominent Christian center for pilgrims traveling to Sinai.

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Publications

NEA 89.1 (March 2026)

This issue of NEA includes articles such as: Evolution, Resilience, and Collapse of Prehistoric Settlements in the Bavanat River Basin, Southern Iran; Script over Sealings: Proto-Elamite Bureaucratic Innovation at Tepe Sofalin, Iran; Intramural Nonadult Burials at Tell Muhammad (in Baghdad) during the Old Babylonian Period (1894–1595 BCE): A Preliminary Assessment of Legacy Data; Khirbet el-‘Eika: A Hellenistic Estate in the Lower Galilee; An Example of the Architectural Integrity of Historical Bridges: The Agora Bridge from the Period of Justinian I in Dara (Anastasiopolis); and more. Click here for more.

 

Publications

NEA 89.1 (March 2026)

This issue of NEA includes articles such as: Evolution, Resilience, and Collapse of Prehistoric Settlements in the Bavanat River Basin, Southern Iran; Script over Sealings: Proto-Elamite Bureaucratic Innovation at Tepe Sofalin, Iran; Intramural Nonadult Burials at Tell Muhammad (in Baghdad) during the Old Babylonian Period (1894–1595 BCE): A Preliminary Assessment of Legacy Data; Khirbet el-‘Eika: A Hellenistic Estate in the Lower Galilee; An Example of the Architectural Integrity of Historical Bridges: The Agora Bridge from the Period of Justinian I in Dara (Anastasiopolis); and more. Click here for more.