Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture offers an historical overview of the civilizations of
the ancient Near East spanning ten thousand years of history. This new edition is a …

One of the most significant aspects of cultural variation that world archaeology has revealed
is the many different forms of social complexity among ancient and more recent premodern …

In every period and in every region there are some" key sites" which form the basis for the
archaeological and historical understanding of the period and the region. The special …

This article presents the results of new excavation, remote sensing, and conservation
activities at the Phrygian capital of Gordion in central Turkey. The most important discoveries …

My longstanding interest in Jerusalem goes back to 1983, when I first found myself in the
trenches of an excavation near the Ottoman city wall. The desire to understand the …

Excavations at Tel Burna, Israel, have uncovered portions of a large structure from the Late
Bronze Age IIB, yielding numerous finds that suggest ritual and cultic practices occurred in …

What can we say about 1 Kings 6-8 that attributes the construction of the temple in its full
glory to Solomon? Peter Dubovsky approaches these texts from the diachronic point of view …

The historicity of the ceremony recounted in Neh 8: 1–8 is fiercely debated, but it is clear that
the narrative presents Ezra and his Torah as clothed with the highest authority. While there …

How should one write a history of Ancient Israel? In the last few decades, a lively discussion
has taken place on the historiography of ancient Israel. Minimalists such as Philip Davies …

This paper re-examines the methodological framework for archaeological interpretation that
has been commonly used by the major voices in the debate concerning the archaeological …