AncientNearEast.net http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress Exploring and resourcing the Ancient Near East. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:04:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Oldest Hebrew text yet found http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/2008/10/30/oldest-hebrew-text-yet-found/ http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/2008/10/30/oldest-hebrew-text-yet-found/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:03:06 +0000 editor http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/?p=26 Exciting news announced today in Jerusalem by Yossi Garfinkel: the summer excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa have turned up what promises to be the oldest Hebrew text yet found. (Aren Maier, of course, tipped us off that this news was coming a few weeks back on the ANE-2 bulletin board). As is to be expected, the announcement has generated much interest and early debate… Much more to follow, no doubt!

‘Oldest Hebrew script’ is found (BBC)

]]> http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/2008/10/30/oldest-hebrew-text-yet-found/feed/ ICAANE comes to London in 2010 http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/2008/10/28/icaane-comes-to-london-in-2010/ http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/2008/10/28/icaane-comes-to-london-in-2010/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:23:56 +0000 editor http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/?p=23 News just in that the 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East will be held in my adopted home base of London, from the 12th to the 16th April 2010. 7ICAANE will be jointly hosted by the British Museum and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Consult the ICAANE web site for more details.

]]> http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/2008/10/28/icaane-comes-to-london-in-2010/feed/ (Almost) the last chance to see Hadrian… http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/2008/10/23/almost-the-last-chance-to-see-hadrian/ http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/2008/10/23/almost-the-last-chance-to-see-hadrian/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:10:59 +0000 editor http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/?p=5 Couldn’t concentrate on my writing, so went along to the British Museum this afternoon. I was glad I did, as I’d been meaning to see the Hadrian exhibition before it closes: the last day of the exhibition is Sunday 26 October 2008. If you’re in London—or planning to be—over the next 3 days, I’d highly recommend taking it in.

Hadrian: Empire and Conflict

Hadrian's lover Antinous, depicted as the Egyptian deity Osiris.

Hadrian's lover Antinous, depicted as the Egyptian deity Osiris

 

 

Bronze head and torso of Hadrian from Tel Shalem, Israel

Bronze head and torso of Hadrian from Tel Shalem, Israel

]]> http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/2008/10/23/almost-the-last-chance-to-see-hadrian/feed/ Starting over… http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/2008/10/22/hello-world/ http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/2008/10/22/hello-world/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:28:03 +0000 editor http://ancientneareast.net/wordpress/?p=1 Welcome to AncientNearEast.net. This site has been in operation—in one form or another—since August of the year 2000. As of autumn 2008, the site is undergoing another transformation and—after several months of hibernation—discovering a new life.

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