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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column border_color=”rgba(170,170,170,0.01)” width=”8/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1487276122024{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;border-bottom-color: rgba(227,228,228,0.75) !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1515089047502{padding-right: 20px !important;}”][mk_image src=”https://www.asor.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/foa-reduced-100.png” image_width=”190″ image_height=”100″ crop=”false” hover=”false”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text responsive_align=”left”]December 2021
Vol. 9, No. 12
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The Rise of Silver Coinage in the Ancient Mediterranean
By Gil Davis
Why was money invented? Metals had been mined and exchanged with other commodities for millennia. But the 7th century BCE Greek city-states had a new idea. Read More
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Ancient Egyptian Texts for the Afterlife?
By Rune Nyord
Ancient Egyptian funerary texts have been a source of fascination since their discovery. But do these varied texts describe a coherent vision of an afterlife, or is that a 19th century academic projection? Read More
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Soviet Assyriology and its Aftermath
By Sergey Krikh
Like all aspects of Soviet academia, Soviet Assyriology took shape during the Stalin era. But as with Soviet life in general, the search for strict rules of history only highlighted contradictions. Read More
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Rethinking Austen Henry Layard
By Stefania Ermidoro
Scholars and others associate Austen Henry Layard with the site of Nineveh. But a fuller appreciation of the man, and his accomplishments, must reckon with his work as a diplomat, politician, and public intellectual. Read More
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Wine Production in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
By Elisabeth Yehuda
Winemaking is an ancient practice in the Levant. But when the Franks arrived during the Crusades they brought their own techniques. The result was an amalgam of traditions. Read More
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