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Camels in the Biblical World of the Ancient Near East
By Martin Heide and Joris Peters
One hump or two, the camel was known in Mesopotamia from the third millennium BCE onward as the “elephant of the caravan” or “elephant of the mountain.” “Camel” came later. Read More
Medieval Sugar Production in the Southern Levant: A Sweet Story
By Richard Jones
In the medieval Southern Levant sugar was an important cash crop. Texts and archaeological remains of sugar manufacturing allow for the process to be reconstructed. Read More
Breaking the Code: Ancient Iran’s Linear Elamite Script Deciphered
By François Desset, Kambiz Tabibzadeh, Matthieu Kervran, Gian Pietro Basello, and Gianni Marchesi
There are few remaining Near Eastern writing systems left to decode. But the Linear Elamite script has eluded scholars, until now. Previously known names of kings and deities were key. Read More
What is Karaism and Are There Still Karaites?
By Daniel J. Lasker
Karaites are the longest surviving community of non-rabbinic Jews, but for over a thousand years the sect has been alternately ignored and misunderstood. A new book is bringing them into better focus. Read More
The ‘Biblical Origins’ of the Etruscans in the 16th Century CE and Their Impact on European Politics
By Maurizio Harari
In the 16th century scholars sought the origins of the Etruscans in the world after the Great Flood. For the Pope, the de’ Medicis, and the French, connecting with Noah/Janus was a political tool. Read More
