From wigs to shaven heads and sidelocks, what do we know about how people wore their hair in ancient Egypt?

Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey has sparked a resurgence of interest in the Sea Peoples. But who were they and should they be blamed for the fall of the Bronze Age?

Anderson has crafted a cinematic world shaped by modern receptions of antiquity, leaving us to wonder: what exactly does "Phoenicia" mean in modern imagination?

ANE Today’s editor shares some of the most exciting archaeological discoveries and breakthroughs of 2025.

We often imagine the ancient Egyptians as obsessed with death and the afterlife. But what if the familiar story of judgment and salvation owes more to modern ideas than ancient ones?

Huge swathes of human knowledge are missing from the internet. By definition, generative AI is shockingly ignorant too

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a Bronze Age burial complex during excavations at Israel’s coastal port of Yavneh-Yam.

The Ark of the Covenant is an ancient biblical artifact that is easy for people to imagine. Because its function is ambiguous, there is a rich and diverse interpretive history of the object that is as...

Friends of ASOR Webinar - Dr. Jessica Nitschke presents: "Why is Alexander on the Alexander Sarcophagus? Rethinking a Funerary Monument from Sidon" on March 5, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET.

The women referred to in Assyrian inscriptions as “Queen of the Arabs” have been a passing footnote in Neo-Assyrian history — until now. Here is the story of one of them.

An international team of researchers have conducted groundbreaking research at the Casas del Turuñuelo site in Guareña, Badajoz, Spain. Their work is published in the journal Scientific Reports.

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Friends of ASOR Webinar - Dr. James Fraser presents: "Man-Hunting in the Desert: The Ill-Fated Palmer Sinai Expedition of 1882" on October 9, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET.

The Scythians were a nomadic group known for creating elaborate gilded artworks.

Malaria, battle wounds, pregnancy, scorpion stings, sciatica: these are just a few of the medical concerns that appear in ancient sources. How did people from different religious communities address t...