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The mass burial at Ashkelon was probably mandated by Persian rulers, following Zoroastrian funerary rules. A unique intersection of religion, commerce, and animal management.
#Zoroastrianism #AncientNearEast
January 25, 2026 at 8:06 PM
biblicaljournal.bsky.social
Top archaeological discoveries of 2025 range from Neolithic monuments at Karahantepe and royal tombs in Egypt to DNA, shipwrecks, ancient plagues, and scripts finally deciphered. A landmark year for ancient studies!

#Archaeology #BiblicalStudies #AncientNearEast
Top Archaeological Discoveries of 2025 - The Ancient Near East Today
ANE Today’s editor shares some of the most exciting archaeological discoveries and breakthroughs of 2025.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
tine119.bsky.social
I received an email today from a substack that deals with Myths and legends. The topic was Joseph - the "father" of Jesus, who apparently lived in the region of #Israel, #Mesopotamia and the #AncientNearEast. So, not Judea, and not #Palestine then?
December 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
soundmirrors.bsky.social
This is a fascinating episode of The Ancients #Podcast about Fall of #Babylon

#Mesopotamia #AncientNearEast #Babylonia #AncientWorld
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Fall of Babylon | The Ancients
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November 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Archaeoethnologica: HATTANNAS - Festschrift Theo Van der Hout

+INFO in: archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/11/hatt...

#Hittite #Indoeuropeanstudies #Anatolia #epigraphy #linguistics #AncientNearEast #BronzeAge #hittitology #Antiquity #book #openaccess
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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📜Out now – #IOSOT Conference volume, 2022 📕 Written by 19 established international scholars, this volume reflects a broad spectrum of contemporary #BiblicalStudies – #AncientNearEast, Biblical #Archeology, #DeadSeaScrolls and much more.

Read it here 🔗 brill.com/display/ti...
Book cover: Congress Volume Zurich 2022: Proceedings of the 24th Congress of the IOSOT. Edited by Samuel Arnet, Konrad Schmid, and Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer. Series: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements, Volume: 201. Brill. 2025.
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
biblicaljournal.bsky.social
Canaan: a land, a people, or an idea? Egyptian, Ugaritic, and biblical sources show the term was never fixed. Who decided what Canaan meant — and why? #CulturalHistory #AncientNearEast #BiblicalStudies #Canaan
What was Canaan?
What was “Canaan,” and did it really exist as more than a name in ancient texts? Today we explore the shifting meaning of Canaan across the Bronze and Iron Ages, drawing on sources from Mari,…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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The Forgotten Neighbors of #Ugarit

#Levant #AncientLevant #AncientNearEast #BronzeAge
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Forgotten Neighbors of Ugarit
YouTube video by Dig.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
biblicaljournal.bsky.social
A reexamination of inscribed sherds from Tel Arad uncovers the overlooked world of ancient numeracy. Beyond literacy, Judahite administrators mastered timekeeping and accounting centuries before exile. #AncientNearEast #Epigraphy #HistoryOfMath
How did biblical Judeans track time? Trove of 6th-century BCE inscriptions offers clues
New analysis of 2,600-year-old Tel Arad ostraca suggests Iron Age soldiers tracked months, days, and supplies with sophisticated numerical systems
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November 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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#Nabataean Religion and Its #Pantheon Through Pre-Islamic and Early Islam Sources: al-Lāt, al-ʽUzzā and #Manāt

#AncientNearEast #AncientReligions
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Nabataean Religion and Its Pantheon Through Pre-Islamic and Early Islam Sources: al-Lāt, al-ʽUzzā and Manāt
In 106 AD, the Nabataean kingdom was annexed by the Roman Empire. However, the culture and religion of the Nabataeans persisted until the coming of Christianity and later, as witnessed by some Islamic...
https://www.academia.edu/45086538/Nabataean_Religion_and_Its_Pantheon_Through_Pre_Islamic_and_Early_Islam_Sources_al_Lāt_al_ʽUzzā_and_Manāt
October 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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On tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: UGARIT (Tales of a Lost City) by Janet Tamaren.

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#Ugarit #TalesOfALostCity #JanetTamaren #HistoricalFiction #AncientNearEast #BronzeAgeCollapse
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October 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Read an #excerpt from UGARIT (Tales of a Lost City) by Janet Tamaren.

marysbookcase.blogspot.com/2025/10/read...

#Ugarit #TalesOfALostCity #JanetTamaren #HistoricalFiction #AncientNearEast #BronzeAgeCollapse
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October 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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I'm delighted to welcome Janet Tamaren and her book, Ugarit: Tales of a Lost City, to the blog #HistoricalFiction #AncientNearEast #BronzeAge #Ugarit #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub
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I’m delighted to welcome Janet Tamaren and her book, Ugarit: Tales of a Lost City, to the blog #HistoricalFiction #AncientNearEast #BronzeAge #Ugarit #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub
I'm delighted to welcome Janet Tamaren and her book, Ugarit: Tales of a Lost City, to the blog #HistoricalFiction #AncientNearEast #BronzeAge #Ugarit #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub
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October 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Feed: "Linnea Tanner | Janet Tamaren Ugarit #HistoricalFiction #AncientNearEast #BronzeAge #Ugarit #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @JTamaren @cathiedunn"
By: Linnea Tanner on Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Janet Tamaren Ugarit #HistoricalFiction #AncientNearEast #BronzeAge #Ugarit #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @JTamaren @cathiedunn
FEATURED AUTHOR: JANET TAMAREN I’m delighted to welcome Janet Tamaren as the featured author in The Coffee Pot Book Club Blog Tour being held between Octobe
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October 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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My #TheCoffeeotBookClub tour guest via @cathiedunn.bsky.social #AncientNearEast #BronzeAge #Ugarit #BlogTour
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My Coffee Pot Book Tour Guest: Ugarit – Tales of a Lost City by Janet Tamaren
A blog about pirates, 1066, King Arthur, history, mysteries, writing and general chit-chat interesting bits and pieces
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October 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Today’s Book Spotlight is on Ugarit: Tales of a Lost City by Janet Tamaren. Why not visit my blog and have a look?
maryannbernal.blogspot.com/2025/10/book...

#HistoricalFiction #AncientNearEast #BronzeAge #Ugarit #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub
Book Spotlight: Ugarit: Tales of a Lost City by Janet Tamaren
A captivating tale of bravery in the face of heartbreak and upheaval . IN THE SPRING OF 1190 BC, on the sun-drenched shores of the eastern...
maryannbernal.blogspot.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
ohlookanotherbook.bsky.social
I have the fabulous Janet Tamaren on my blog today. Janet is sharing an excerpt from her book, UGARIT
(Tales of a Lost City).

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#Ugarit #TalesOfALostCity #JanetTamaren #HistoricalFiction #AncientNearEast #BronzeAgeCollapse @cathiedunn.bsky.social
UGARIT (Tales of a Lost City) by Janet Tamaren
Please give a warm welcome to author,  Janet Tamaren . Janet is going to share a short excerpt from her book today, so be sure to scroll dow...
ohlookanotherbook.blogspot.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
kevinsolez.bsky.social
I'm putting together a home library from books I had in storage for years and some new purchases. Feast your eyes! #books #poetry #anthropology #ancientneareast #languages #classics
October 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
soundmirrors.bsky.social
At the Dawn of History: The Late Pre-Islamic Age in South-Eastern Arabia

#AncientArabia #AncientNearEast #Archaeology #HistoryBooks #NewHistoryBooks
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Archaeopress
Archaeopress Publications
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September 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
rogerdisaacs.bsky.social
Exod. 28 & Num. 27: urim & thummim appear rarely, yet always in contexts of divine inquiry. Linguistic links (Hebrew zawchar, Akkadian zakaru, Ugaritic zg) suggest “stones of communication” rather than mere memorials. #BiblicalStudies #Philology #AncientNearEast

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September 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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#AncientEgypt #AncientNearEast #Archaeology #Architecture #BiblicalStudies #BuddhistStudies #ClassicalStudies #CulturalStudies #GermanStudies #IslamicStudies #ItalianStudies #JewishStudies #Linguistics #MedievalStudies
#MiddleEasternStudies #Musicology #ReligiousStudies #Renaissance #SlavicStudies
September 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Electronic Database of #Sumerian Divine #Epithets

#Sumer #Mesopotamia #SumerianReligion #Polytheism #AncientNearEast #BronzeAge
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Electronic of Sumerian Divine Epithets
www.edsde.de
September 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
pudukhepa.bsky.social
Velká gratulace kolegovi Františkovi Válkovi (ÚSPV) k publikaci jeho nejnovějšího článku Motifs of Drought in Ugaritic Narratives, BASOR 394 (fall 2025), ahead of print: #ArchaeologyofTexts #GAČR #AncientNearEast #cuneiform www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
https://journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.10…
August 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
soundmirrors.bsky.social
#Petra & the #Nabataeans: Masters of Water and Stone

#AncientNearEast #AncientArabia #AncientLevant #AncientWorld
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEz6...
Petra & the Nabataeans: Masters of Water and Stone
YouTube video by Ancient Rome Live
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August 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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@Archaeodons group @AncientNearEast group #horse #toy #roman archaeology #Egypt 🏺#histchild
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💬 0  🔁 56  ❤️ 124 · The image shows a painted wooden toy horse on wheels, dating from the Roman Period (1st-4th centuries AD) and found during excavations at Karanis, Egypt. Origin and Discovery:…
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August 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM