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(Re)visiting the Past in the Present: The Power of Place and the Malleability of Monuments

By Matthew H. Howland, Morag M. Kersel, James F. Osborne, and Yorke M. Rowan

Archaeology aspires to reveal the layered meanings of ancient places. Can studying contemporary urban landscapes help us better understand monuments and the power of place in the Ancient Near East? Read More

From Words into Pictures: Adapting 1177 BC for Comics

By Glynnis Fawkes

How do you recreate the complex story of the Bronze Age collapse in comic book form? Illustrator Glynnis Fawkes lays it out for us. Read More

Resilience and Rebirth: Lessons Learned from the Aftermath of the Late Bronze Age Collapse

By Eric H. Cline

Following the Late Bronze Age Collapse, different societies followed separate paths to recovery, while some didn’t recover at all. Do their examples hold any lessons for us today? Read More

How Did Cyrus the Great Die?

by Morteza Arabzadeh Sarbanani

Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, died around 530 BCE, but the circumstances of his death are shrouded in myth. How did he really die? Read More

Understanding Trade and Power in Early Egypt: A Geopolitical Approach

by Juan Carlos Moreno García

International trade is closely tied to the organization of power in Egypt, but it isn’t all about the royal court. Rather, commercial activity sometimes flourished when monarchies collapsed. Read More