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ASOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS POSTS

 

Apply for a Fieldwork Participation Scholarship

 

ASOR 2025—Strengthening Our Foundation | Expanding Horizons—A Call to Action

 

FOA Webinars: Jessica Nitschke on March 5

 

2024—Impact of ASOR Fellowships and Grants

News Items

Past ASOR News, Month to Month

ASOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS POSTS

News Items

Past ASOR News, Month to Month
 

CHI UPDATE

Ksar Douiret: First Steps Down the Path

For many, the name Tatooine evokes the arid landscape of the desert planet that plays such an important role in the “Star Wars” universe. However, the iconic places and landscapes of this fictional world are built upon the very real history, culture, and environment of Tunisia’s Tataouine Governorate. Since October 2024, ASOR and its partners at the Douiret Women’s Association (Wakry Association) have been working to preserve Ksar Douiret, one of the most iconic ksars, or fortified villages, in Tataouine Governorate, with support from the U.S. Department of State’s Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.

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CHI Update

Ksar Douiret: First Steps Down the Path

For many, the name Tatooine evokes the arid landscape of the desert planet that plays such an important role in the “Star Wars” universe. However, the iconic places and landscapes of this fictional world are built upon the very real history, culture, and environment of Tunisia’s Tataouine Governorate. Since October 2024, ASOR and its partners at the Douiret Women’s Association (Wakry Association) have been working to preserve Ksar Douiret, one of the most iconic ksars, or fortified villages, in Tataouine Governorate, with support from the U.S. Department of State’s Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.

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ASOR Annual Meeting

November 19-22, 2025
Boston & Hybrid

ASOR invites members to submit paper abstracts and workshop presentation proposals now through March 15. Read more here.

 

 

ASOR Annual Meeting

November 19-22, 2025
Boston & Hybrid

ASOR invites members to submit paper abstracts and workshop presentation proposals now through March 15. Read more here.

 

The Ancient Near East Today : Vol. 13, No. 2.2

When Is It Ok to Recycle a Coffin? The Rules of the Reuse Game in Ancient Egypt

 

If the benefits of funerary materiality drove ancient Egyptians to reuse coffins, what limitations were set on whose coffins could be reused, where, and when?

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The Ancient Near East Today: Vol. 13, No. 2.2

When Is It Ok to Recycle a Coffin? The Rules of the Reuse Game in Ancient Egypt

If the benefits of funerary materiality drove ancient Egyptians to reuse coffins, what limitations were set on whose coffins could be reused, where, and when?

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Near Eastern Archaeology 87.4 Table of Contents 

This issue of Near Eastern Archaeology includes articles such as Dealing with and Analyzing Legacy Data: An Interdisciplinary, GIS-based Approach to Study the French Excavations at Enkomi (Cyprus); A Reconstruction of the Niche in Building 7050 at Hazor; Two Unpublished Pot Marks of Dynasty 3 from the Necropolis of Beit Khallaf (Abydos, Egypt); and more. View the Table of Contents here.

 

Near Eastern Archaeology 87.4 Table of Contents

This issue of Near Eastern Archaeology includes articles such as Dealing with and Analyzing Legacy Data: An Interdisciplinary, GIS-based Approach to Study the French Excavations at Enkomi (Cyprus); A Reconstruction of the Niche in Building 7050 at Hazor; Two Unpublished Pot Marks of Dynasty 3 from the Necropolis of Beit Khallaf (Abydos, Egypt); and more. View the Table of Contents here.