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August 2023
Vol. 11, No. 8
Before and After Babel
By Marc Van De Mieroop
Before the collapse of the Bronze Age, intellectuals across the Near East used the same system of writing. After the Dark Age, a variety of scripts emerged. What happened and why? Read More
Ceremonial Standards in the Visual Culture of Early Mesopotamia
By Renate van Dijk-Coombes
Ceremonial standards feature prominently in the iconography of early Mesopotamia. What do these depictions tell us about how such standards looked and functioned? Read More
Local Communities and Archaeological Sites: A Case Study at Dougga in Tunisia
By John Whitehouse and Sami Harize
What can we learn when we involve local communities in the study and preservation of archaeological sites? In Dougga, legends surrounding a Muslim saint have connected generations of people living there to the site’s pre-Islamic past. Read More
Who Really Invented the Alphabet?
By Seth Sanders
Who really invented the alphabet? Although we are still uncertain about precisely where the world’s most influential communication system came from, we know more than we did 20 years ago. Read More
The Egyptian Conceptualization of the Otherworld
By Silvia Zago
As the place where the deceased continued living after death, the Duat is a core notion of Egyptian afterlife beliefs. But pinning down its features and location is no easy feat. Read More
