UNEARTHING THE PAST SINCE 1900
UNEARTHING THE PAST SINCE 1900
Cultural Heritage Initiatives
Through support from the U.S. Department of State, ASOR partnered with Libya’s Department of Antiquities to document and repair flood damage at the archaeological sites of Cyrene, Ptolemais, and Tocra in eastern Libya. These locally led projects reflect ASOR’s commitment to supporting Libyan efforts to protect their heritage from natural disasters.
November 18-21, 2026
Chicago & Hybrid
The Call for Posters is now open till August 1. Posters are an ideal format for presenting archaeological projects in general; a technical aspect of your project; a spectacular find from the field season; or complex graphic and/or quantitative data.
The Ancient Near East Today: Vol. 14, No. 7.1
As the main setting for a large part of The Odyssey, Scheria is not meant to be understood as just another stop on Odysseus’s wanderings, but as a deliberate flashback to a vanished world.
Publications
The 2026 issue for the Journal of Cuneiform Studies features articles such as: A Treaty between Ebla and Mari in Its Ancient Near Eastern Legal Setting; Three New Kings of Assyria; An Old Babylonian Tablet with a Collection of Sumerian Hymns; A Hurro-Hittite Ritual for Kingship? A Critical Edition of CTH 442; and more.
