The Ancient Near East Today is our weekly e-newsletter designed to deliver short articles on topical ideas, insights, and discoveries to the public through our Friends of ASOR initiative. Articles are pushed out to almost 13,000 subscribers.

The Ancient Near East Today is always looking for new contributing authors. Articles should be 800 – 1,200 words in length, be written at an accessible, non-technical level, and include at least two relevant images with captions. If you have something to say about a recent excavation or research project, wrote or reviewed a recent publication related to the ancient Near East, have some scholarly insights on related current events, or just have an idea for an engaging and interesting article – let us know!

Anyone interested in submitting an article should contact Ancient Near East Today Editor, Jessica Nitschke.

The Ancient Near East Today has published articles on topics ranging from prehistoric Jordan to Apocryphal literature, site destruction in Egypt to new digital archaeology methods, and from Mediterranean tsunamis to the politics of archaeology in Iran. Our contributions have ranged geographically from Afghanistan to North Africa. We have a particular interest in highlighting the impact of contemporary conflicts, including site destruction, looting and antiquities trading, in addition to archaeological, historical, and textual studies. We have also been pleased to feature contributions from established scholars and advanced graduate students alike. On occasion we even preview pieces from the journal Near Eastern Archaeology.