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April 2020
Vol. 8, No. 4
The Dolmen Tour and House of Heritage in Menjez (Akkar – North Lebanon)
By Tara Steimer-Herbet
Megaliths like dolmens are common around the world, including in northern Lebanon. A recent project worked with the local community to study, conserve and develop dolmens as a tourist resource. Read More
How Ancient Egypt Shows That Climate Change is Always With Us
By Judith Bunbury
Climate change is a constant. For ancient Egypt, climate processes of heating and cooling were challenges and opportunities that helped bring about a great civilization. They also imperiled its survival. Read More
“Terminate and Liquidate”: How the Megiddo Ivories were Almost Not Discovered
By Eric H. Cline
Money and local politics are always the bane of archaeological projects. For the Megiddo project in the late 1930s, these problems were so dire that they almost brought the end just as it was about to make dramatic discoveries. Read More
Resurrection in the Mediterranean World
By John Granger Cook
The Christian belief in the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth gradually made its way aroundthe ancient Mediterranean world. But it fell on fertile ground because the idea of resurrection was already widely shared by Jews, Zoroastrians, and others. Read More
Passover in the Time of Pandemic
By Alex Joffe
Disease and plague are known from prehistory to the present. They also draw lines between different epochs. Read More
