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Religion, Ritual and Ritualistic Objects Nugteren, Albertina (Tineke) This is a volume about the life and power of ritual objects in their religious ritual settings.

The private archives of Ugarit: a functional analysis Gregorio del Olmo Lete The first impression one gains from a summary overview of the epigraphic finds from the tell of Ras Shamra is one of an ancient city packed with written documentation: from the R…

La primera vegada del món: Relats dels orígens segons les grans cultures antigues de la Mediterrània: un diàleg amb Gènesi 1-11 Cervera i Valls, Jordi Garcia Marrassé, Elisabeth Grau Guijarro, Sergi Millet Albà, Adelina Les preguntes i les respostes sobre…

On salt, copper and gold: The origins of early mining and metallurgy in the Caucasus Marro, Catherine (editor) Stöllner, Thomas (editor) An international conference focused on the beginnings of mining and metallurgy in the Caucasus was organised in Tbilisi

Mittanische und mittelassyrische Keramik: Eine chronologische, funktionale und produktionsökonomische Analyse Pfälzner, Peter Our knowledge of the Late Bronze Age utilitarian pottery of northern Mesopotamia has so far been based on a rather eclectic source

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Personal Names in the Aramaic Inscriptions of Hatra Marcato, Enrico This book offers a comprehensive linguistic evaluation of the 376 personal names attested in the roughly 600 Aramaic inscriptions of Hatra, the famous Northern Mesopotamian city that flou…

Administration at Girsu in Gudea’s Time Maiocchi, Massimo Visicato, Giuseppe The book offers the edition of all presently known administrative texts from Girsu (modern Telloh, Iraq), dated to the Lagash II period (XXII century BCE).

CartAlex CartAlex is the CEAlex maps platform designed to become the central portal for cartographic resources related to Alexandria and its region.

[First posted in AWOL 8 June 2025, updated 3 October 2026] Getty Research Journal ISSN: 1944-8740 E-ISSN: 2329-1249 The Getty Research Journal is an open-access publication presenting peer-reviewed articles on the visual arts of all cultures, regions, and…

[First posted in AWOL 25 February 2023, updated 3 October 2026] Euphrosyne: Journal for Classical Philology Print ISSN: 0870-0133 Online ISSN: 2736-3082 Volume 53, Issue 1, 2025 Publisher: Brepols Publishers DOI: https://doi.org/10.1484/J.EUPHR.5.143076 oa

Epic Threads: A Journal of Reimagined Antiquity What if the past could speak — not just in fragments and footnotes, but in poetry, monologue, memory, and myth?

Egyptian Artists in the Late Antique and Early Islamic Mediterranean: Selected papers by Mab van Lohuizen-Mulder Edited by Sean V.

Die Architektur des Pergamonaltares: Aufbau und Rekonstruktion Volker Kästner Für die Rekonstruktion der Architektur des Pergamonaltars wurden in dieser Publikation über 1170 Bauglieder in Zeichnung, Fotografie und Beschreibung aufgenommen.

Entwurf einer Sozialtopografie Dahschurs: Transformationen einer altägyptischen Kulturlandschaf Lea Rees The study illuminates the social topography of the archaeological site of Dahshur, which forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Memphis N…

[First posted in AWOL 16 August 2017, updated 1 October 2026] Dionysus Ex Machina: Rivista annuale online di studi sul teatro antico ISSN: 2038-5137 Dionysus Ex Machina, rivista on line di studi sul teatro antico pubblicata con cadenza annuale, si articola

[First posted 25 September 2025, updated 1 October 2026] AI & Antiquity: Journal of Teaching and Technology in Ancient Studies ISSN: 3081-4553 Founded in 2025, AI & Antiquity: Journal of Teaching and Technology in Ancient Studies (ISSN 3081-4553) was esta…

A Corpus of Roman Lead Ingots: Introduction, Analysis, Prosopography Peter Rothenhoefer , Michael Bode , Norbert Hanel Ephemeris Epigraphica Electronica, 1 Bd. 1 Blei war in römischer Zeit wichtiges Handelsgut, das in großem Umfang in den Bergbauzentren v…

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Integrated Biblical and Theological Studies 3135-4610 (PRINT) 3079-0328 (ONLINE) The main purpose of Integrated Biblical and Theological Studies (IBTS) is to revitalise and enhance the study of the biblical text through a comprehensive and holistic approa…

Aspects of Judean Life: Elephantine in Its Persian Imperial and Administrative Context James D.

Perseus Digital Library Updates P6, MVP, and Beta Perseus oh my, or Keeping the Flame of P4 Alive Background For almost a year now the Perseus development team has been hard at work on Minimum Viable Perseus (which we redundantly call Perseus MVP), now vi…

Early Metallurgy Between the Near East and Southeastern Europe in Social Context (c. 5000‐3500 BC) Karaucak, Mehmet The earliest documented instances of extractive metallurgy date around 5000 BC in both Southwestern Asia and Southeastern Europe.

Motivating Violence in Ancient Judaism: Pre-Battle Speeches in Second Temple Literature Joseph Scales Joseph Scales Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism (TSAJ) 192 The battle is about to begin.

Apocrypha, Magic, Liturgy: The Multiple Identities of Coptic Prayers in Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity (STAC) 150 Roxanne Bélanger

Temporal Dimensions of the Apocalypse: Ancient Christian Reception and Contemporary Hermeneutical Reflections Bohdan Kuryliak Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2.

The Political Situation in Egypt during the XIII Dynasty Eid, Ali Hassan The importance of studying the political situation in Egypt during the 13th Dynasty stems from the fact that it remains an obscure period in ancient Egyptian history.

Commentary, Contextualisation and Interpretation of the Bactrian Inscriptions of the Kušān Period Härtel, Stefan Wolfgang The present work studies the historical contexts of the Bactrian inscriptions of the Kušān period and attempts to extract the histori…

Tall Dāmiya I, II, III: Archaeological research in the Central Jordan Valley between 2004 and 2019 Edited by Lucas P.

Beyond Attribution.

Beyond the City of Pergamon: A Landscape Archaeological Study of the Pergamon Micro-Region from the Hellenistic to the Roman Imperial Period Ludwig, Bernhard This cumulative thesis is a landscape archaeological study with the aim of identifying and interp…

Writing Greek Law Michael Gagarin Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication date: 22 September 2009 ISBN: 9780511482779 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511482779 The use of writing in the development of Greek law was unique.

Narrative and Identity in the Ancient Greek Novel: Returning Romance Tim Whitmarsh Select format Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication date: 03 May 2011 ISBN: 9780511975332 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511975332 Creative Commons: This c…

Plato's Charmides: An Interpretative Commentary Voula Tsouna Cambridge University Press Publication date: 10 February 2022 ISBN: 9781009036610 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009036610 Creative Commons: This content is Open Access and distributed under t…

Carpe Diem: The Poetics of Presence in Greek and Latin Literature Robert A.

Private Associations in the Ancient Greek World: Regulations and the Creation of Group Identity Edited by Vincent Gabrielsen, University of Copenhagen, Mario C.

A localized Alexander: the Myth of Alexander the Great in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Iran Rezaei, Yasaman This dissertation examines Luri oral traditions in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, focusing on role in shaping historical memory and identity through na…

Courts and Courtiers in the Neo-Elamite Period Alizadeh, Kiumars The main aim of this research is to dissect the manifold segments of the Elamite court (c. 1000-550 BCE).

Faces of the Gods, Gods without Faces / Die Gesichter der Götter, Götter ohne Gesicht Editor: Dan Ruscu Acts of the Humboldt Colloquium, Cluj-Napoca 25-26 October / Oktober 2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/subbhist.2026.1 Published: 2026-06-30 ©Studia U…

Ancient wooden statues from Middle Egypt (2205–1630 BC) Beck, Tina Die Dissertation wurde in zwei Bänden in der Reihe "The Asyut Project" beim Harrassowitz Verlag veröffentlicht: Beck, Tina 2026: Ancient wooden statues from Middle Egypt (2205–1630 BC).