The Ancient Near East Today
Ancient Near East Today, Jessica NitschkeThe Ancient Near East Today delivers the latest news about the ancient world.
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Did Meretneith Rule Egypt as a Female King in the First Dynasty? | 1 Oct 2026
Did Meretneith Rule Egypt as a Female King in the First Dynasty?
By Sue Kelly
Aerial view of Umm el-Qa’ab near Abydos in Egypt, with the tombs of Predynastic, Dynasty 1 and Dynasty 2 tombs overlaid. The Tomb of Merneith is labeled (Y...
The Weekly Round-up | 24 September 2026
In the News:
From being played in a 1939 BBC broadcast to being stolen and then dumped in the Cairo metro after the 2011 uprising, Tutankhamun’s trumpets find a new state-of-the-art home in the Grand Egyptian Museum. Read more at CNN...
From Trash to Treasure: Nahal Omer and the Virtual Silk Road | 17 Sep 2026
From Trash to Treasure: Nahal Omer and the Virtual Silk Road
By Guy Bar-Oz, Gideon Avni, and Nofar Shamir-Shafir
Textiles excavated at Nahal Omer
When people think of the archaeology of Israel, the Silk Road is not usually the first...
The Weekly Round-up | 10 September 2026
In the News:
The controversial study about hidden structures inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, published in the journal of Remote Sensing in 2022 (with substantial) media attention, has been retracted by the journal. Read more at News...
Who Were the Sea Peoples? And Did They Bring About the End of the Bronze Age? - 3 Sep 2026
Who Were the Sea Peoples? And Did They Bring About the End of the Bronze Age?
By Eric H. Cline
Captured Sea People from wall relief in the mortuary temple of Ramses III, Medinet Habu. Photo by Rémih, CC By-SA 3.0.
The spectacular suc...
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