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ASOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS POSTS

 

New Journal: Maarav 29.1-2 (2025)

 

Friends of ASOR Webinar Matching Challenge

 

Annual Meeting: Standing Session Chair Openings

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Friends of ASOR Cyprus Tour

News Items

Past ASOR News, Month to Month

ASOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS POSTS

News Items

Past ASOR News, Month to Month
 

Cultural Heritage Initiatives

ASOR Trains Syrian and Yemeni Students and Heritage Professionals in Tools for Cultural Heritage Documentation

Over the past few months, ASOR has offered free training in its cultural heritage documentation curriculum to Syrian and Yemeni students and heritage professionals in collaboration with Syrians for Heritage (SIMAT) and Heritage for Peace. ASOR’s freely accessible curriculum aims to help cultural heritage specialists perform surveys and condition assessments through mostly open-source tools and software, including KoboToolbox, QGIS, LibreCAD, and Agisoft Metashape.

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Cultural Heritage Initiatives

ASOR Trains Syrian and Yemeni Students and Heritage Professionals

Over the past few months, ASOR has offered free training in its cultural heritage documentation curriculum to Syrian and Yemeni students and heritage professionals in collaboration with Syrians for Heritage (SIMAT) and Heritage for Peace. ASOR’s freely accessible curriculum aims to help cultural heritage specialists perform surveys and condition assessments through mostly open-source tools and software, including KoboToolbox, QGIS, LibreCAD, and Agisoft Metashape.

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ASOR Annual Meeting

November 19-22, 2025
Boston & Hybrid

The deadline for presentation slides submission is November 7.  Learn more here.

 

 

ASOR Annual Meeting

November 19-22, 2025
Boston & Hybrid

The deadline for presentation slides submission is November 7.  Learn more here.

 

The Ancient Near East Today : Vol. 13, No. 11.2

Animal Dung and Energy — A View from Mesopotamia

 

Long before coal or oil, fire depended on whatever you could gather. In the ancient Near East, animal dung was essential fuel. What cultural, political, and legal rules governed its acquisition and use?

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The Ancient Near East Today: Vol. 13, No. 11.2

Animal Dung and Energy — A View from Mesopotamia

Long before coal or oil, fire depended on whatever you could gather. In the ancient Near East, animal dung was essential fuel. What cultural, political, and legal rules governed its acquisition and use?

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Publications

Maarav 29.1-2 (2025)

The new issue of Maarav features the following articles: “The Anger of the Queen Has Gone Forth”: Ilimilku’s Warning to Urtenu in a Ugaritic Piggyback Letter; The Rise of “National” Scripts in the Iron Age II: A Proposal; and Conflate Readings and the Lamentations Textual Tradition. Read more here.

 

Publications

Maarav 29.1-2 (2025)

The new issue of Maarav features the following articles: “The Anger of the Queen Has Gone Forth”: Ilimilku’s Warning to Urtenu in a Ugaritic Piggyback Letter; The Rise of “National” Scripts in the Iron Age II: A Proposal; and Conflate Readings and the Lamentations Textual Tradition. Read more here.