December 2022
Vol. 10, No. 12
Reforming (and Decolonising) Excavation and Survey in Iraq
By Jaafar Jotheri
Iraq has been independent since 1932. But different versions of the antiquities law have not taken the country’s needs into account. A leading Iraqi scholar offers his suggestions. Read More
Death Wishes in the Hebrew Bible
By Hanne Løland Levinson
A number of figures in the Bible express the wish to die. These statements reflect despair but most often represent efforts to bargain with a higher power. Read More
Mesopotamian Murder Mystery
By Virginia Verardi
Two bodies in a pit, one with stab wounds and the other missing some fingers. Is this a case of Middle Bronze Age murder? Read More
The Fall of the Bronze Age and the Destruction that Wasn’t
By Jesse Millek
Archaeologists have long believed that dozens of sites around the Eastern Mediterranean were destroyed at the end of the Late Bronze Age. A closer look at suggests this view is, well, exaggerated. Read More
Hello I Must Be Going: The ANE Today Editor Says Goodbye
By Alex Joffe
The outgoing editor looks back at ten years of The Ancient Near East Today and asks, what was it all about and where is it going? Read More
