Yahweh is the proper name of the biblical God. His early character is central to
understanding the foundations of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic monotheism. As a deity, the …

Cities and Citadels provides an urgent update of archaeology's engagement with economic
theory. Recent events have forced a major reassessment of economic thinking. In the wake …

The study of gameboards in ancient West Asia has been revitalized by approaches
foregrounding the social connections and new interactive spaces created by games such as …

Presenting a new perspective on human–animal relations in the ancient Near East, this
volume considers how we should understand equids (horses, donkeys, onagers and various …

Macro-and micro-mobilities have always been a feature of existence in the Near East. A
survey of archaeological and historical evidence of such mobilities shows that it is not …

Toward the end of Zimri-Lim's reign, documents associated with the official Iddin-Numushda,
more commonly known as Iddiyatum, were kept in Room 24 of the Mari palace archives. 1 …

This article offers a historiographical examination of how 20th-century ideas of assimilation
and cultural purity have shaped our understanding of Bronze Age Anatolia, focusing on the …