Archaeology in the Community-ASOR Ancient Nubia Curriculum
FEATURED RESOURCE
Over the last couple of years, ASOR has partnered with Archaeology in the Community (AITC), a local D.C.-based organization specializing in archaeological education, to produce a series of educational videos and lesson plans on Ancient Nubia featuring black scholars who work in this area. The videos are designed for 6th grade teachers to use in fulfillment of Social Studies, Civics, and Geography requirements.
The videos feature interviews with Dr. Solange Ashby (Egyptology-Nubiology), Debora Heard (Archaeology), Jenail Marshall (Bioarchaeology), and Dr. Shayla Monroe (Zooarchaeology). They were produced by Sydney A. Pickens, Ali Bavugamenshi, and Dr. Alexandra Jones. Music was provided by 2 Nice Guys Music Production (Teddy Burgh and Teddy Thompson).
- More information on this project can be found here
ASOR ONLINE LIBRARY
ASOR’s Online Library is an exclusive resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts who want a master portal into the world of the ancient Near East and wider Mediterranean. The Online Library brings together presentations, posters, and virtual museum tours from the 2020-24 Annual Meetings, and the entire archive of Friends of ASOR’s monthly webinar series.
The Online Library provides access to:
- 500+ sessions and workshops
- 2300+ paper and poster presentations
- Virtual poster gallery
- Virtual exhibit hall
- 70+ FOA webinars
Annual Meeting attendees and registrants have access to the platform through June 30, 2025. If you did not attend the 2024 Annual Meeting and do not plan to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting, you can still purchase access to the Online Library in the ASOR Store.
PHOTO COLLECTION
The ASOR Photo Collection is designed as a resource for the ASOR community to share images of the Middle East, North Africa, and the wider Mediterranean world. The photos in this Collection have been submitted by ASOR members and celebrate the rich heritage of the regions in which the ASOR community works. ASOR is providing open access to these images for use in lectures and presentations.
BROWSE THE PHOTO COLLECTION BY:
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VIRTUAL ARCHAEOLOGY INITIATIVE
ASOR is committed to creating teaching tools that will both benefit students/teachers and generate interest in archaeology. As part of this commitment, ASOR’s Membership & Outreach Committee is building the Virtual Archaeology Initiative and would like to request that you consider contributing to this initiative as part of your scholarship. One of the main purposes of the Virtual Archaeology Initiative is to allow people who cannot or would not participate in actual excavations to feel as if they still can. To this end, we are looking to create digital assets that illustrate or teach various steps involved in the archaeological process. As such, we are asking for volunteers to submit any of the following digital resources, which should be coordinated with your dig director(s) to ensure their permission:
1) a short teaching video that explains a specific process or element of an excavation, how that element fits within the overall objective of the dig, and/or how it fulfills some responsibility that we as archaeologists have to study, preserve, document, and make accessible the materials we excavate;
2) a digital image with explanation of the pictured stratigraphy/object/etc.;
3) a video field diary recording in which you discuss research questions for your given dig/season along with progress reports throughout the season to show how those research questions are met and/or how they change. We are also open to other kinds of virtual assets, so if you have a great idea, please feel free to share it with us.
Please check out our current submissions on YouTube or TikTok.
We hope that you choose to join us in developing Virtual Archaeology at ASOR. Submissions and questions about this initiative can be directed to info@asor.org.
ASOR ARCHIVES
The ASOR Archives house materials documenting the long history of ASOR’s contributions to archaeology
Stay tuned for more to come!
Much of the content for these online resources came from H.Dixon, “What’s Already Out There? Online Resources for Teaching Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Cognate Fields,” Creative Pedagogies for Teaching the Ancient Near East and Egypt session (M. Ameri and H. Dixon, chairs), 2019 ASOR Annual Meeting, San Diego.”
