The History and Architecture of Petra
Petra was a city of wealth, prosperity, and enormous ingenuity that allowed the Nabataean people to settle and even thrive in one of the harshest environments on earth.
The failed reforms of Akhenaten and Muwatalli
Though Aten as a form of the Sun-god Re was venerated long before the ascent of Akhenaten, his ele- vation to a prominent status is clearly associated with the heretic king. There have been many attempts to detect the underlying causes for his avatar, but, as concluded by Barry Kemp,
Shadow on the steps : time measurement in ancient Israel
We find that the ancient Israelites had more than one calendar, more than one method of measuring intervals of time between events, and several different chronologies of its history.
From rejection to incorporation: The Roman bathing culture in Palestine
The importance of bathing as a daily ritual and focus point of the social life in the Roman world is well known and is attested by the large number and luxurious character of both the public and private Roman baths.
Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel: Insights and Interpretations
Christopher Lightfoot, Curator in the Department of Greek and Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, offers insights on the Lod Mosaic.
A socio-historical analysis of Jewish banditry in first century Palestine 6 to 70 CE
These protests were mainly instigated by and initially led by Jewish peasants who experienced the worst aspects of becoming a part of the larger Roman world.
Vision, Folly and Balance: Imperial Approaches to Commerce and War in the Roman Near East, 27 BCE
When Emperor Marcus Aurelius died on the banks of the Danube in 180 CE at Vindobona, or Vienna, the Roman Empire he left behind was the largest transcontinental, transcultural, singular political entity in history before the rise of the European nation state some fifteen centuries later.
The Queen of Sheba: A Queen of Egypt and Ethiopia?
Josephus clearly identifies the queen who visited Solomon as ‘the woman who ruled Egypt and Ethiopia,’ and tells us that her name was Nikaulis.
Amber in the Ancient Near East
In ancient India and Egypt, it was burned as incense, believed to purify temples and palaces. From antiquity, people have believed that amber has healing properties.
Roman Baths: An Alternate Mode of Viewing the Evidence
The baths were the setting for more than just cleansing the body and a variety of ball games, wrestling, eating and other social activities took place within the baths.