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ASOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS POSTS

 

New Journal: NEA 89.1 (March 2026)

 

FOA Webinar: Kevin Fisher—Late Bronze Age Urban Landscapes in Southcentral Cyprus

 

2026 Annual Meeting Call for Papers

 

Friends of ASOR Cyprus Tour

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Past ASOR News, Month to Month

ASOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS POSTS

News Items

Past ASOR News, Month to Month
 

Cultural Heritage Initiatives

ASOR Receives Award from Gerda Henkel Stiftung for Access Project at the Sudan National Museum

ASOR is pleased to announce an award from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung supporting critical site security and infrastructure improvements at the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum. Working in coordination with the Sudanese National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM), ASOR will expand safe access to the property, with a focus on rebuilding the damaged enclosure wall and making priority repairs to the electrical, water, and sewage systems. This project will lay essential groundwork to support NCAM’s ongoing efforts to restore functionality to the Sudan National Museum complex.

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Cultural Heritage Initiatives

ASOR Receives Award from Gerda Henkel Stiftung for Access Project at the Sudan National Museum

ASOR is pleased to announce an award from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung supporting critical site security and infrastructure improvements at the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum. Working in coordination with the Sudanese National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM), ASOR will expand safe access to the property, with a focus on rebuilding the damaged enclosure wall and making priority repairs to the electrical, water, and sewage systems. This project will lay essential groundwork to support NCAM’s ongoing efforts to restore functionality to the Sudan National Museum complex.

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ASOR Annual Meeting

November 18-21, 2026
Chicago & Hybrid

The Call for Papers deadline has been extended to April 1 for paper and workshop presentation proposals.

 

 ASOR Annual Meeting

November 18-21, 2026
Chicago & Hybrid

The Call for Papers deadline has been extended to April 1 for paper and workshop presentation proposals.

 

The Ancient Near East Today : Vol. 14, No. 3.2

The Myth of the Servant: A New Tale of Kingship from the Ancient Near East

 

Why do so many of the ancient world’s most famous kings share the same unlikely origin story? The answer may lie in a mythical template first forged in Mesopotamia.

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The Ancient Near East Today: Vol. 14, No. 3.1

Excavating the Royal Capital of Ammon: A New Research Project on the Amman Citadel

The Amman Citadel with its prominent ruins is the most striking landmark in the city centre. Since 2024, the Amman Archaeological Project has been investigating the site’s formative period to better understand its history.

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Publications

NEA 89.1 (March 2026)

This issue of NEA includes articles such as: Evolution, Resilience, and Collapse of Prehistoric Settlements in the Bavanat River Basin, Southern Iran; Script over Sealings: Proto-Elamite Bureaucratic Innovation at Tepe Sofalin, Iran; Intramural Nonadult Burials at Tell Muhammad (in Baghdad) during the Old Babylonian Period (1894–1595 BCE): A Preliminary Assessment of Legacy Data; Khirbet el-‘Eika: A Hellenistic Estate in the Lower Galilee; An Example of the Architectural Integrity of Historical Bridges: The Agora Bridge from the Period of Justinian I in Dara (Anastasiopolis); and more. Click here for more.

 

Publications

NEA 89.1 (March 2026)

This issue of NEA includes articles such as: Evolution, Resilience, and Collapse of Prehistoric Settlements in the Bavanat River Basin, Southern Iran; Script over Sealings: Proto-Elamite Bureaucratic Innovation at Tepe Sofalin, Iran; Intramural Nonadult Burials at Tell Muhammad (in Baghdad) during the Old Babylonian Period (1894–1595 BCE): A Preliminary Assessment of Legacy Data; Khirbet el-‘Eika: A Hellenistic Estate in the Lower Galilee; An Example of the Architectural Integrity of Historical Bridges: The Agora Bridge from the Period of Justinian I in Dara (Anastasiopolis); and more. Click here for more.