A dual language (Arabic and English) exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology (Oxford) highlights the long-lasting impact of the past on the present, also questioning what is meant by “heritage” and introducing voices and stories of people Read more…
Today, Mar Shiprim invites you to ancient Sumer! The Slovak Archaeological and Historical Institute – SAHI, in cooperation with Iraqi institutions, launched in 2016 a long-term archaeological research project of the Tell Jokha site, in Southern Mesopotamia. The project is Read more…
New year, new reading suggestions! Mar Shiprim is glad offer you a list of the most recent publications in the fields of Assyriology and Mesopotamian Archaeology: as always, these titles have been selected from Jack M. Sasson’s invaluable Agade mailing Read more…
For half a century, one institution has been working in the city of Turin to promote the historical and archaeological research, the enhancement of the cultural heritage and the preservation and restoration of the architectural and archaeological resources in several Read more…
Jana Matuszak presents to us an original and engaging digital event that will soon be held within the context of the Being Human Festival. “Are you a woman?” aims to explore what it meant to be a woman in Iraq Read more…
Position: TT Professorship Near Eastern Archaeology at University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg has been granted 19 Tenure-Track Professorships from the Tenure-Track Programme and now invites applications in the context of this program for the Tenure-Track Professorship for Near Read more…
Position: Assistant Professor, Full-time Tenure Track Bilkent University’s Faculty of Humanities and Letters announces multiple openings in the Program in Cultures, Civilizations & Ideas. The CCI Program is staffed by an interdisciplinary team of scholars from diverse fields in the Read more…
Today Mar Shiprim invites you to Spain, as we spotlight the Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the Universidad de Alcalá. Thanks to Josué J. Justel, who kindly agreed to answer a few questions, we offer you an insight into the Read more…
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, we hope that you have spent a nice and and relaxing summer time, as much as it has been possible. Directly from Jack M. Sasson’s Agade mailing list, here we offer you a list of recent Read more…
Many of us have probably been there recently, to attend the 8th International Congress of Hittitology (2011), the 8th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (2012) or the 60th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (2014) – but how Read more…