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Spring is in the air, and ASOR is pleased to be holding a spring book sale for publications 2+ years old. Take advantage of ASOR’s spring cleaning and add some of these books to your reading list this season!

ASOR members (with a mailing address in the USA) can purchase copies of ASOR books at the discounted price of $15.00 (ca. 80% discount + $5.00 US media mail shipping) through April 30, 2025, while supplies last. All prices listed below include US media mail shipping. Due to ASOR’s licensing agreement with ISD, this offer is only available to ASOR members. We are unable to offer this discount to members without a US mailing address due to international shipping costs. Please contact membership@asor.org with any questions.

Not an ASOR member? Join as an Associate Member ($45) or Academic Member (starting at $84) first in order to take advantage of these great deals on books. More information on memberships and the benefits associated with each level can be found here.

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AASOR 74: The Excavations of ‘Iraq al-Amir, Volume II. Edited by Nancy L. Lapp, with contributions by Michael S. Zimmerman, Daniel Ulvoczky, Nicholas Hudson, Adam Hartman, and Nancy L. Lapp. Original price $84.95. Sale price $15.00 (includes US media mail shipping).

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AASOR 73: An Examination of the Stratigraphy and Neolithic-Iron Age Pottery from Tel Jezreel, Area A. Edited by Charlotte Whiting and Gloria London. Original price $84.95. Sale price $15.00 (includes US media mail shipping).

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AASOR 72: Bayt Farhi and the Sephardic Palaces of Ottoman Damascus in the Late 18th and 19th Centuries. Edited by Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis, with contributions by Ezra Ashkenazie, Jeffery Burden, George H. Lewis, Judith S. McKenzie, and Jason Montgomery. Original price $84.95. Sale price $15.00 (includes US media mail shipping).

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AASOR 69: The Archaeology of Agro-Pastoralist Economies in Jordan. Edited by Kevin M. McGeough, with contributions by Robin M. Brown, Alan Farahani, Hannah Huynh, Natalie Mueller, Benjamin W. Porter, Jennifer Ramsay, Kevin Rielly, and Bruce Routledge. Original price $84.95. Sale price $15.00 (includes US media mail shipping).

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AASOR 63: Views from Phlamoudhi, Cyprus. By Joanna S. Smith. Original price $84.95. Sale price $15.00 (includes US media mail shipping).

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ARS 30: Tel Kedesh I: The Hellenistic Archive. By Sharon C. Herbert. Original price $99.95. Sale price $15.00 (includes US media mail shipping).

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ARS 29: Taanach II: The Iron Age Stratigraphy. By Mark W. Meehl. Original price $89.95. Sale price $15.00 (includes US media mail shipping).

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ARS 27: Caesarea Maritima: Excavations in the Old City 1989-2003. Edited by Kenneth G. Holum. Original price $89.95. Sale price $15.00 (includes US media mail shipping).

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ARS 20: Cyprus and the Balance of Empires: Art and Archaeology from Justinian I to the Coeur de Lion. Edited by Charles Anthony Stewart, Thomas W. Davis, and Annemarie Weyl Carr. Original price $84.95. Sale price $15.00 (includes US media mail shipping).

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JCSSS 2: Texts from the Late Old Babylonian Period. Edited by Seth F. C. Richardson. Original price $75.00. Sale price $15.00 (includes US media mail shipping).

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JCSSS 3: The Textual Criticism of Sumerian Literature. Edited by Paul Delnero. Original price $89.95. Sale price $15.00 (includes US media mail shipping).

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Anna Taibi, a 2025 Strange/Midkiff Families Fellow
Anna Taibi, a 2025 Strange/Midkiff Families Fellowship recipient, joined the ReLand Archaeological Project in Iraq this past fall. A MA student at the University of Palermo, Anna helped document looting threats on newly emerged archaeological sites and supervised excavations at a Late Chalcolithic village in the Mosul Dam Reservoir. Read her fieldwork report by clicking the link (https://www.asor.org/news/2026/02/fieldwork-report-taibi) in our bio.


There's still room on the tour — register by March
There's still room on the tour — register by March 1! Join the Friends of ASOR Philadelphia Tour from April 16–17, 2026 for exclusive, behind-the-scenes access at the @pennmuseum, @barnesfoundation, and @visitpham, featuring expert-led tours by Penn Museum Director Chris Woods, Richard Zettler, Michael Danti, Phil Jones, Steve Tinney, Marie-Claude Boileau, Katy Blanchard, Kaelin Jewell, among others, with special lectures, and insights into archaeology, art, and artifact analysis. Time is running out, reserve your place now: https://www.asor.org/news/2026/01/tour-philadelphia-2026 #FOATours #Philadelphia


ASOR is pleased to announce an award from the Gerd
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. Read more about the project by clicking the link (https://www.asor.org/news/2026/02/sudan-national-museum) in our bio. #Sudan


We’re thrilled to share an exciting update about t
We’re thrilled to share an exciting update about the Friends of ASOR Cyprus tour—it just got even better. In addition to Andy Vaughn and Rachel Bernstein, the tour will now feature three additional tour leaders: ASOR President Prof. Jane DeRose Evans, along with Professors Eric and Carol Meyers (who will join the group from June 18–24). These three world-renowned archaeologists will bring extraordinary depth and expertise to an already exceptional experience. Reserve your spot here: https://www.asor.org/news/2025/08/tour-cyprus-2026 #FOATours #Cyprus


Make sure to get your applications in for our fiel
Make sure to get your applications in for our fieldwork scholarships and project grants by Monday, February 23! Grants and scholarships are eligible for work only on ASOR-affiliated projects. To find out more, click the link (https://buff.ly/gD3Uiou) in our bio.


Can we use digital tools to test whether fragments
Can we use digital tools to test whether fragments and museum objects might be related? Can we recover parts of their histories that were previously inaccessible? Read the newest ANE Today, republished from The Conversation, by clicking the link (https://anetoday.org/connecting-objects-3d-scanning/) in our bio.


Sponsored by ASOR, the William Leo Hansberry Socie
Sponsored by ASOR, the William Leo Hansberry Society is hosting a Zoom event on African heritage, "[RE]PRESENT: Museums & Access", on Saturday, February 21 at 12:30PM ET. Register by clicking the link (https://asor-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oxzsiN13ScOCJ0PMAXw2qA#/registration) in our bio.


To those observing, ASOR wishes you a Ramadan Muba
To those observing, ASOR wishes you a Ramadan Mubarak!


Make sure to tune in TOMORROW at 7:00 pm ET for th
Make sure to tune in TOMORROW at 7:00 pm ET for the next FOA webinar presented by Carl Walsh: "'An elegance of spirit adorns all its works.': Auguste Rodin and the Art of Ancient Egypt". If you haven't already signed up, click the link (https://buff.ly/gD3Uiou) in our bio to register.


ASOR invites members to submit paper abstracts and
ASOR invites members to submit paper abstracts and workshop presentation proposals for the 2026 Annual Meeting taking place November 18-21 in Chicago and online. Abstracts of 250 words or less may be submitted between now and March 15. Read more in the Call for Papers: https://www.asor.org/am/2026/call-for-papers-2026


Hannah Borotsik, a 2025 P. E. MacAllister Fellowsh
Hannah Borotsik, a 2025 P. E. MacAllister Fellowship recipient, returned to the Athenian Agora excavations in Greece for her third season last summer. A PhD student at the University of Western Ontario, Hannah served as apotheke supervisor managing the processing of finds and training volunteers. Read her report, "Just a Girl and Her Whiteboard," here: https://www.asor.org/news/2026/02/fieldwork-report-borotsik #Archaeology #Greece #Athens


ASOR is accepting applications for two 2026 Study
ASOR is accepting applications for two 2026 Study of Collections Fellowships of $2,000 each. These fellowships are intended to support the study of collections including museum and archival collections, repositories, or collections of national authorities. Applications are due February 23, 2026. Learn more by clicking the link (https://www.asor.org/fellowships/study-of-collections-fellowships/) in our bio.


The Early Career Scholars (ECS) Committee is looki
The Early Career Scholars (ECS) Committee is looking for new members. We especially seek those interested in supporting ASOR’s Early Career (undergraduate to pre-tenure) community through creative, informal mentoring opportunities. Learn more by clicking the link (https://www.asor.org/news/2026/01/early-career-scholars-call) in our bio.


Join us for the next FOA webinar on Wednesday, Feb
Join us for the next FOA webinar on Wednesday, February 18th at 7:00pm ET: "'An elegance of spirit adorns all its works.': Auguste Rodin and the Art of Ancient Egypt," presented by Dr. Carl Walsh. Most people would not conceive of any connection between the works of the master French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) and the art of ancient Egypt. In this talk, Dr. Walsh will discuss how Rodin became interested in ancient Egyptian art in his waning years and the profound—if subtle—impact it had on the sculptor’s practice through the objects in the current exhibition Rodin’s Egypt, now on display at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. Click the link (https://www.asor.org/news/2026/01/webinar-walsh ) in our bio to read more and register.


If you are in the greater Washington D.C. area, yo
If you are in the greater Washington D.C. area, you are welcome to join this special lecture by Dr. Ahmad Emrage at George Washington University on Tuesday, February 10 from 5:30–6:30 PM. Dr. Emrage, a member of the Libyan Department of Antiquities and an ASOR member, will be discussing the cultural heritage of Libya.


ASOR is supporting archaeological fieldwork for ou
ASOR is supporting archaeological fieldwork for our members in 2026 by offering Project Grants (for directors) and Scholarships for Fieldwork Participation (for students and volunteers). Both grants and scholarships are for work on ASOR-affiliated projects. The application deadline for both is Monday, February 23. Learn more by clicking the link (https://www.asor.org/fellowships/) in our bio.


Our #ObjectoftheWeek: A series of grave goods from
Our #ObjectoftheWeek: A series of grave goods from a cemetery in Kedurma, Sudan, dated to the Meroitic period. ca. 3rd cent. BCE–4th cent. CE. Photo credit: Mohamed Bashir, CC by-SA 4.0. #Archaeology #Nubia #Kush #Sudan


Narrative accounts of genocidal violence appear mu
Narrative accounts of genocidal violence appear multiple times in the Hebrew Bible. Why are they there and what do they have to do with modern genocides? Read the newest ANE Today by T. M. Lemos by clicking the link (https://anetoday.org/genocide-hebrew-bible/) in our bio.


ASOR is pleased to announce that recordings from t
ASOR is pleased to announce that recordings from the 2025 Annual Meeting in Boston are now available to view on the 2025 ASOR Online Schedule and ASOR’s Online Library. This initiative not only helps preserve the wealth of knowledge shared but also ensures that those who couldn’t attend the event in person still have access to session and workshop presentations (nearly 500 in total). Learn how to access the recordings by clicking the link (https://www.asor.org/news/2026/02/am25-recordings) in our bio.


Don't forget to tune in TOMORROW at 12:30 pm ET fo
Don't forget to tune in TOMORROW at 12:30 pm ET for the next FOA webinar presented by Benyamin Storchan: "Unearthing an Imperially Glorious Byzantine Church near Bet Shemesh: From Fieldwork to Virtual Reality". If you haven't already signed up, click here to register for free: https://www.asor.org/news/2026/01/webinar-storchan



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