The Ancient City of Giddan/Eddana (Anqa, Iraq), the ‘Forgotten Twin’ of Dura-Europos,” identifies the city of Anqa as a near mirror image of the Syrian one
Cold War satellite imagery reveals 396 previously undocumented Roman forts in Mesopotamia, from western Syria to northwestern Iraq
Cranial traumas show dramatic increase as the first cities were being built: in the 12,000 years before antiquity, the share of violent death rose at first and then fell back
Archaeometallurgists have been debating the exact origin of tin used in the Bronze Age for 150 years; a new study in Frontiers in Earth Science
An archaeological expedition from the University of Gothenburg recently discovered tombs outside the Bronze Age trading metropolis Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus
Cyprus’s copper deposits created one of the most important trade hubs in the Bronze Age in the village of Hala Sultan Tekke
Climate-driven changes to food availability were a factor behind dramatic historical events that led the oasis city of Palmyra in Syria to its ultimate demise
What ancient dung reveals about Epipaleolithic animal tending: a study about Abu Hureyra, published on PLoS One
A new study combining archaeological, historical and bioarchaeological data provides new insights into the early Islamic period in modern-day Syria
Drought reveals a 3400-year-old urban center of the Mittani Empire, emerging from the Tigris River: archaeologists believe it can be Zakhiku
