Encompassing a landmass greater than the rest of the Near East and Eastern
Mediterranean combined, the Arabian peninsula remains one of the last great unexplored …

Considering that paleopathology is the study of ancient disease, the social correlates of
disabling conditions in the past have been undertheorized by bioarchaeologists and …

In this book, Aaron A. Burke explores the evolution of Amorite identity in the Near East from
ca. 2500-1500 BC. He sets the emergence of a collective identity for the Amorites, one of the …

There is a lacuna of knowledge on the inland trade routes across Bronze Age central Arabia,
which this article seeks to fill based on new evidence from Wādī al‐Fāw, Saudi Arabia …

Leading Experts Introduce the People and Contexts of the Old Testament What people
groups interacted with ancient Israel? Who were the Hurrians and why do they matter? What …

The Royal Mounds of A'ali in Bahrain has long been shrouded in mystery and suspected to
be the final resting place of the Bronze Age kings of Dilmun. Puzzled by their great size …

This paper provides a comprehensive examination of the seals of the so‐called 'Gulf Type',
which date to the end of the third millennium BC. It is argued that the Gulf Type seals are of …

The remembrance of the dead is a ubiquitous dimension of most human societies, and the
spatial dimension of mortuary practices actively constitutes an essential element of the …

This chapter presents an overview of the evidence for the Holocene climate, climate change,
human adaptation and human response on the Iranian Plateau and the adjacent piedmont …

This article outlines some general aspects of the Magan and Dilmun trade and goes on to
examine the Umm an‐Nar pottery discovered in the tombs of the Early Dilmun burial …