As Daesh is pushed back, more archaeological sites are returning to government control. The British Museum has set up a new training programme to help Iraqi heritage professionals prepare for the daunting rescue and retrieval operations that will follow. The Read more…
Jon Taylor is curator of the cuneiform collections at the British Museum, Board member of the IAA, and editor-in-chief of Mar Shiprim. But this spring, he is also something else: charity fundraiser! Over nine months, Jon is running 2166 miles, Read more…
All too often, archaeologists working in the field face problems with sexual harassment and physical violence. In 2014, Beth Alpert Nakhai, Associate Professor in the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Arizona, decided to do something about Read more…
The Oxford Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology has just completed its sixth instalment, once again bringing together early career researchers from all over the world. The organizers volunteered to provide the newsletter with a full report on the conference, and as Read more…
One can only be in so many places at one time, and even though exciting conferences and workshops seem to be going on constantly, there will never be time enough to attend them all. But if you happened to miss Read more…
It’s a great pleasure to introduce the 2017 Spring issue of Mar Shiprim! This issue covers a broad range of important and intriguing topics – all the way from the ongoing civil war in Iraq, through Gilgamesh in modern culture Read more…
Culled from the Agade mailing list for your convenience, this is a list of publications that have appeared so far in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archeology in the Spring of 2017. An honorable mention goes also to Love Read more…
Full Time Faculty Position (Assistant Professor) in Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology – Department of Archaeology, Bilkent University The Department of Archaeology at Bilkent University invites faculty applications at the rank of Assistant Professor in the field of Ancient Read more…
The following are job openings for research professorships at the EPHE in Paris. Further info is available here: https://www.ephe.fr/actualites/recrutement-des-enseignants-chercheurs-2017 Section des sciences historiques et philologiques (SHP) Date limite de candidature pour les postes de la section des sciences historiques et philologiques Read more…
This doctoral dissertation falls within the context of previous studies conducted on Ur III political history by assyriologists (see for instance J. Dahl on Umma). The project aims at shedding a new light on the administration of Ur III “core Read more…