MEDIA RELEASES

Official announcements and media statements from ASOR will be listed on this page. The American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to initiate, encourage, and support research into, and public understanding of, the history and cultures of the Near East and wider Mediterranean world, from the earliest times. ASOR is apolitical and has no religious affiliation.

2026

2025

• December 12, 2025 — ASOR and Libyan Department of Antiquities Sign MOU for Cultural Heritage Conservation
• September 16, 2025 — ASOR Receives $100,000 Grant for Cyrene Conservation Initiative in Libya