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123.3 By Brian Janeway (Studies in the Archaeology and History of the Levant 7). Pp. xi + 197. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Ind. 2017. $49.59. ISBN 978-1-57506-950-0 (cloth). Reviewed by Jeffrey P. EmanuelThe volume under review is part of an…

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Field ReportKassite Babylonia counts among the great powers of the Late Bronze Age Near East. Its kings exchanged diplomatic letters with the pharaohs of Egypt and held their own against their Assyrian and Elamite neighbors. Babylonia’s internal…

123.3 By Julien Schoevaert (CÉFR 537). Pp. xviii + 310. École française de Rome, Rome 2018. €39. ISBN 978-2728312948 (paper). Reviewed by Jared T. BentonArising out of Schoevaert’s doctoral thesis, Les boutiques d’Ostie begins a long overdue…

123.3 Edited by Paolo Brocato and Nicola Terrenato (Paesaggi antichi 2). Pp. 185. Pellegrini, Cosenza, Italy 2016. €10.50. ISBN 978-88-6822-509-4 (paper). Reviewed by Aura PiccioniThis book, which is handy and intuitive to consult, collects…

Online Review ArticleThe two volumes under review present state-of-the-field publications analyzing one of the most important and foundational areas of Mycenaean studies: death and burial. Growing from pioneering work in the 19th century focused on…

123.3 ►By Barbara Barletta, with architectural analysis by William B. Dinsmoor, Jr., and observations by Homer A. Thompson (Ancient Art and Architecture in Context 4). Pp. 360, figs. 247, tables 2. American School of Classical Studies at…

123.3 Edited by Eleanor Betts. Pp. xvi + 227. Routledge, Abingdon, U.K. 2017. $165. ISBN 978-1-47244-629-9 (cloth).  Reviewed by Kimberly CassibryThis volume makes the Roman Empire seem both strange and exceptionally vivid. Consider the…

123.3 By Sebastián Celestino and Carolina López-Ruiz. Pp. xx + 368, b&w figs. 41, maps 10. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2016. $135. ISBN 978-0-19-967274-5 (cloth). Reviewed by Manuel Fernández-GötzOf the three large peninsulas of the…

ArticleIn the absence of extensive written sources, the history of the Macedonian kingdom prior to the reign of Philip II remains largely understudied. Yet, the archaeological record of the region, although primarily of funerary character, has much…

Day Nine at The Cairns archaeology excavation, South Ronaldsay, Orkney and University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology student Duncan Foxley expertly tracks todays events….. Another typical Orkney Summer’s day, dawn came early, but with a…

BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK—According to a Live Science report, conservators working in the Church of the Nativity, an ancient Christian church thought to mark the site of the birthplace of Jesus, have discovered a small baptismal font within a larger one…

HAIFA, ISRAEL—According to a report to The Times of Israel, researchers led by Erella Hovers of Hebrew University have found Neanderthal remains and some 12,000 artifacts that suggest Neanderthals repeatedly camped at Ein Qashish, an open-air site…

KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ—CNN reports that drought has revealed the remains of a 3,400-year-old palace in northern Iraq’s Mosul Dam reservoir. The palace, at a site known as Kemune, once stood on an elevated terrace on the eastern banks of the Tigris…

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS—Evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman of Harvard University and an international team of researchers suggest that the thick calluses that develop on the feet of people who go barefoot most of the time provide protection…

NICOSIA, CYPRUS—The AFP reports that an undisturbed Roman shipwreck has been discovered off the southern coast of Cyprus by divers from the University of Cyprus. The wreckage includes amphoras thought to have been loaded on board in Syria and…

LEICESTER, ENGLAND—Excavations at the site of the ruins of brick buildings of Bradgate House, which is located in the East Midlands, have uncovered stone structures that archaeologists say may have been the foundations of the home of Lady Jane Grey…

Stained Glass Museum Curator, Dr Jasmine Allen, picks out 10 highlights from the collection The Stained Glass Museum, the only one of its kind in the United Kingdom, celebrates the vibrant beauty of stained glass from the medieval period to the…

A season of exhibitions celebrates Birmingham and the Black Country as the birthplace of Heavy Metal with a massive Black Sabbath exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery BMAG’s suitably monumental exhibition charting the rise and popularity…

A season of exhibitions celebrates Birmingham and the Black Country as the birthplace of Heavy Metal with a massive Black Sabbath exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery BMAG’s suitably monumental exhibition charting the rise and popularity…