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Libya Museum Suitcase Update: Ghadames

Libyan Museum Suitcase: Ghadames One-day Workshop

In partnership with our Libyan colleagues, and with support from the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), the Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF), and the U.S. Embassy Libya External Office (LEO), 17吃瓜is bringing a message of hope through Cultural Heritage Volunteer Weekends (鈥減op-up鈥� events) and through one-day heritage workshops.听This essay is an update on a Cultural Heritage Outreach and Awareness Event held in Ghadames, Libya. These one-day workshops utilize museum suitcase “tool kits” that were described in the .

The Museum Suitcase “toolkits” have achieved enormous success in spreading cultural heritage awareness in Benghazi, Sabratha, and Tripoli. The project has now expanded to one of the oldest pre-Saharan cities, Ghadames鈥攍ocated in western Libya, at the intersection of the borders of Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria.

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Ghadames, one of the five UNESCO World Heritage sites in the country, has a rich history, a distinctive mud-brick architecture, and an intangible cultural heritage filled with links to the trans-Saharan caravan trade. It is a perfect site for the museum suitcase project, and several outreach events are planned over the coming months to share this history with a broader public.

Aerial view of the traditional settlements of Ghadames

Students at one of the Cultural Heritage Outreach and Awareness Events in Ghadames using the museum suitcase.

Ahmed Malek is taking the lead on the Museum Suitcase project in Ghadames. Malek has put a great deal of effort into modifying the contents of the museum suitcase and tailoring them to the specific interests of the Ghadames community, including additional materials and objects that present the city’s history and folklore.

Ahmed Malek introducing students to objects in the museum suitcase.

Drawing activities as part of the museum suitcase events.

Malek has developed outreach and education programs for elementary school students to teach them about their cultural heritage, daily life of their ancestors, and historical sites in Ghadames, including a tour of the local museum. Malek has also collaborated with the library of Ghadames to develop an outreach program for students during their winter break.

Students visit the Ghadames museum, one of many local museums in Libya which remain largely closed to the public due to ongoing conflict.

More updates on Outreach and Awareness One-Day Events will be featured in forthcoming News@17吃瓜and ANE Today. In addition, a Cultural Heritage Volunteer Weekend Event is being planned for mid-February in Sabratha, Libya, and we will provide an update on this weekend event in March, 2020.

Libya Museum Suitcase Overview 2020

Museums in a Suitcase Foster Understanding in Libya

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Translation:
Workshop Leader: What is the purpose of a museum?
Student: The museum is used for learning.
Workshop Leader: … What is the most important thing about museums?
Student: It teaches us about the daily lives of our ancestors.听

The Need for “Museums in a suitcase.” Museums play a dynamic role in the community as places of learning and inspiration, and in spreading cultural heritage awareness. In Libya, the rich collections of more than twenty museums around the country have been largely off-limits to the public since the revolution of 2011. This decision was made by the local Department of Antiquities (DoA) to protect these resources during a time of ongoing strife where many cultural heritage sites and assets have been looted or damaged. Some cities in Libya have no museum, and have never had a public program connecting citizens to the country’s rich past.

In light of this situation, ASOR, in partnership with archaeologists from the DoA and members of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides of Libya, has developed resources and programming to help fill the void created by the temporary closing of museums. There is a great need to provide education and stewardship activities that promote cultural understanding and counteract violent extremism and the destruction of shared heritage.

Background of “museums in a suitcase” (2018). With financial support from the U.S. Embassy to Libya and the U.S. Department of State, a group of Libyan archaeologists and scouts, under the supervision of ASOR, are conducting an education and public awareness program to protect cultural heritage. Talal Bariun, ASOR’s representative in Libya, has spent nearly three years working tirelessly to help this project grow. Bariun reports, “The energy with which participants around the country have engaged with this project goes beyond words. Now that we see such clear signs of success, it feels like we are realizing an old dream. And this dream began with a simple question: how can we continue to connect the Libyan youth to their culture and change the point of view of an entire generation at a time when all of our museums are closed?”

Scouts visit Sabratha in conjunction with the Museum in a Suitcase project

Inspired by a public outreach workshop hosted by Oberlin College and conducted by Paul Orselli in April 2018, participants sought ways to implement new outreach activities in Libya. As part of a previous collaborative agreement (in 2018) with the U.S. State Department, 17吃瓜supported this team in the creation of “Museums in a Suitcase.” The cultural heritage “toolkits” were distributed widely throughout the country.听 Each bag contains materials providing an overview of Libyan cultural heritage and a quantity of locally sourced supplies that help facilitate a series of hands-on activities including a mock dig, the documentation of artifacts (replicas of vases and oil lamps), and the conservation of a broken (modern) clay jar.

Once these cultural heritage “toolkits” or “mobile musuems” are placed in the hands of trained teachers and professionals, they can be used multiple times. They thus provide the resources to hold Cultural Heritage Outreach and Awareness Events throughout Libya.

Newest phase (2019 and 2020). With new support in 2019 and 2020 from the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) and the Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF), 17吃瓜has created an additional twelve suitcases鈥攖hus doubling the number of “mobile museums” available in Libya. Further, we have expanded the geographic outreach during this newest phase to include participants in Ghadames, Sabratha, Leptis Magna, Bani Walid, Sirte, al Beidah, Cyrene, Sebha, Yefren, Nalut, Ghat, Germa, Zuwara, Janzour, Tripoli and Benghazi (see the map below).听 In each location, key individuals affiliated with the Department of Antiquities, the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides of Libya, or local universities have been identified as the keeper of the bag and the one responsible for ongoing Cultural Heritage Outreach and Awareness Events in local schools and in other venues.

Cities served by the Museum in a Suitcase Project

Cultural Heritage Outreach and Awareness Events in Sabratha: One of these key partners is Dr. Mofida Mohammed, the Chair of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sabratha. According to Dr. Mohammed, “The Museum in a Suitcase project is an important way for us to provide our students with an interactive experience of cultural heritage. Unfortunately, general knowledge about history and archaeology is relatively weak, and the suitcase provides us a way to teach these subjects in a more engaging way, rather than simply relying on a textbook.” In Sabratha, one of the five UNESCO World Heritage sites in Libya, Dr. Mohammed believes that this program helps expand the concept of local history. She added, “Most people believe that Sabratha is only a Roman city, but the materials in the suitcase help me describe our history as both Phoenician and Byzantine as well.”

Though her primary responsibility is to teach university students, Dr. Mohammed has also used the Museum in a Suitcase to raise awareness about cultural heritage protection among grade-schoolers as well as members of the local tourist police, the branch of law enforcement charged with the physical protection of the archaeological site of Sabratha and its surroundings. Dr. Mohammed added, “Given the difficult circumstances that we currently face in Libya, and the lack of resources at our university, these suitcase activities help both our students and the instructors forget some of the depressing aspects of our lives and focus on something we all care about: protecting our culture.”

Dr. Mofida Mohammed Presenting to Tourist Police in Sabratha

Cultural Heritage Outreach and Awareness Events in Benghazi. In the second largest city in the country, Benghazi, the community has long aspired to found its own museum. They aspire to showcase a rich history that dates back to the founding of the city by Greek colonists in the 6th century BCE. Abedelhafed Elmsalaty has led the Museum in a Suitcase work in Benghazi, and is one of the most active participants in the country. While Benghazi is still endeavoring to recover and to rebuild following the siege of ISIS, Elmsalaty and his partners have managed to conduct 32 workshops (sometimes four to five workshops per month) using the Museum in a Suitcase to engage students of different age groups, ranging from preschool to university students.

Benghazi Students Unpack the Museum in a Suitcase

In Elmsalaty’s estimation, the Cultural Heritage and Outreach Program made possible by the “museums in a suitcase” brings out the best in every student. These events help these children and youth discover new strengths, talents, and interests. The program leaders also provide training for teachers, pointing them towards new methods to enrich existing history and cultural heritage curricula. Increasingly, teachers and students in Benghazi (and indeed, around the country of Libya) are relying on the Museum in a Suitcase project as a key source for learning about history and cultural heritage. In Benghazi, this education has inspired participants to join Elmsalaty as volunteers to protect local archaeological sites.

The Future. Word has gotten out. Elmsalaty, Mohammed, and Bariun, and other workshop leaders (see future posts on the 17吃瓜website for the work of other team leaders) now face a continuous stream of requests from local schools to bring the Museum in a Suitcase to students. The 17吃瓜supported teams are plan numerous Cultural Heritage and Outreach Events throughout 2020, and hopefully beyond.

According to Talal Bariun, “Every week, I hear from at least one new person from around the country asking me to send them a bag. Most recently, a member of the Touareg tribe down in al Awaynat [an oasis town located in the southern desert] requested a bag, explaining that the local schools had failed to teach his children about their culture. This is the enthusiasm which has made us so proud to participate in this program.”

With each passing month, the group of young cultural heritage advocates grows. The 17吃瓜and Scout leaders keep the group informed about volunteer opportunities to visit heritage sites and assist in their clean up. Despite periods of ongoing instability and outright conflict in Libya, participants have a gained a new appreciation for Libya’s rich past and are willing to play an active role in its protection.

Benghazi students spell out “Museum in Benghazi” to advocate for the establishment of a new museum

Read about ASOR’s previous work in Libya using pop-up museums here.

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UPDATE: Libyan Museum Suitcase: Ghadames One-day Workshop

The Museum Suitcase 鈥渢oolkits鈥� have achieved enormous success in spreading cultural heritage awareness in Benghazi, Sabratha, and Tripoli. The project has now expanded to one of the oldest pre-Saharan cities, Ghadames鈥攍ocated in western Libya, at the intersection of the borders of Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria.

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UPDATE: Museums in a Suitcase Foster Understanding in Libya

The Need for 鈥淢useums in a suitcase.鈥�听Museums play a dynamic role in the community as places of learning and inspiration, and in spreading cultural heritage awareness. In Libya, the rich collections of more than twenty museums around the country have been largely off-limits to the public since the revolution of 2011.

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UPDATE:听Ghadames

Following a complaint from the Department of Antiquities (DoA) in Ghadames regarding collapses, the DoA in Tripoli听dispatched听a delegation to the site to document the aftermath of the storms. Members of the archives team in Tripoli documented damage for their internal report, and provided 17吃瓜CHI with photographs of the damage to the Old Town of Ghadames, including collapsed mud-brick structures weakened by rains and lack of maintenance.

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UPDATE:听Ain Dara

Between January 20 and January 22, 2018 the Turkish Air Force conducted an airstrike on the Early Iron Age temple at Tell Ain Dara, an archaeological site located ca. 5.8 km south of Afrin in Aleppo Governorate.听The temple is an important example of Syro-Hittite religious architecture and the most extensively excavated structure of its kind in Syria.

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UPDATE: Ninawa Governorate

On August 31, 2017, Haider al-Abadi announced that Iraqi forces liberated Tal Afar, the last stronghold of ISIS in Ninawa Governorate. Tal Afar has been inhabited since approximately 7000 BCE, and was an integral part of the Assyrian Empire from 2500鈥�600 BCE.

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UPDATE: The Old City of Tripoli

17吃瓜CHI received a comprehensive description of instances of illegal construction in the Old City by a member of the Libyan Department of Antiquities who identified thirteen instances in which historic buildings have been illegally dismantled and, in many cases, replaced by new construction.

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UPDATE: The Old City of Benghazi

After the Libyan National Army (LNA), under the command Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, liberated the Old City of Benghazi from the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries on July 5, 2017, civilians have gained increasing access to areas damaged during three years of urban warfare in this part of the city.

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UPDATE: Mosul Post-ISIL 鈥� Heritage Destruction and the Future of the City

On June 10, 2017, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Iraq鈥檚 victory over ISIL in the militant group鈥檚 former northern Iraqi stronghold of Mosul. His announcement followed months of fighting, extensive aerial bombardment, massive infrastructure damage, human displacement, and thousands of civilian casualties. The struggle for Mosul spanned nine months, with the most intense fighting occurring in the labyrinthine confines of the Old City.

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UPDATE: The Status of UNESCO World Heritage Site Leptis Magna

In April 2017, 17吃瓜CHI began covering the ongoing conflict in Libya as part of a new cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of State. Libya is home to five UNESCO World Heritage Sites as well as a dense concentration of other archaeological sites and historic cities that enrich our understanding of the ways in which humans have lived and thrived in North Africa from the Paleolithic to the present day.

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UPDATE: Damage to al-Rafiqah Wall in Raqqa鈥檚 Old City by US-led Coalition Forces

On July 3, 2017 the US-led Coalition conducted airstrikes on two 25 m-long sections of the city wall of Raqqa, also known as the al-Rafiqah Wall. DigitalGlobe satellite imagery confirms that the strikes hit the eastern portion of the wall. The first breach is located 80 m south of Qasr al-Banat, the remains of an Abbasid-period palace. The second breach lies roughly 500 m further north.

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UPDATE: Satellite Imagery Confirms the Destruction of al-Nuri al-Kabir Mosque and al-Hadba Minaret

On June 21, 2017 ISIL militants exploded al-Nuri al-Kabir Mosque and the iconic al-Hadba Minaret in Mosul鈥檚 Old City. Iraqi forces were听nearing the mosque, a highly symbolic objective, reportedly advancing to within 50 meters before the detonation. The Iraqi Military released a statement blaming ISIL for the destruction of the mosque, while ISIL propaganda attempted to blame the US-led Coalition. The US-led Coalition released a statement confirming that no aircraft were in the area at the time of the explosion. Video footage released several hours after the first reports of the destruction shows a simultaneous, mass detonation taking place from inside the mosque and minaret, mirroring similar videos of ISIL demolition using fixed charges.

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UPDATE Palmyra: New photographs detail damage to the UNESCO World Heritage site of Palmyra

On March 2, 2017 SARG and pro-regime allies, backed by Russian airstrikes, recaptured the UNESCO World Heritage site of Palmyra from ISIL. ISIL had previously recaptured the area in December 2016. Photographs and video footage released confirm the damage to the Roman Theater and Tetrapylon first reported by 17吃瓜CHI in January 2017. It is reasonable to expect that the renewed fighting has also impacted the Citadel. According to some reports, ISIL militants may have mined much of the ancient site as they retreated from the city.

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UPDATE: New Damage in Palmyra Uncovered

On January 19, 2017, 17吃瓜CHI obtained DigitalGlobe satellite imagery that revealed new damage to the ISIL-occupied UNESCO World Heritage site of Palmyra. 17吃瓜CHI can confirm that that damage occurred between December 26, 2016 and January 10, 2017. The imagery showed significant damage to the Tetrapylon and the Roman Theater, likely the result of of destruction by ISIL; however, 17吃瓜CHI has thus far not been able to verify the exact cause. Both sites were previously left unharmed by the group, who controlled Palmyra from May 2015 to March 2016. The Tetrapylon appears to have been intentionally destroyed using explosives, possibly in a similar manner to how ISIL militants destroyed the Temple of Bel, the Baalshamin Temple, the Triumphal Arch, and several tower tombs located within the Valley of the Tombs.

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Libyan Update: Sabratha

5-Day Cultural Heritage Event in Sabratha, Libya

In partnership with our Libyan colleagues, and with support from the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) and the Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF), 17吃瓜is bringing a message of hope through Cultural Heritage Volunteer Weekends (“pop-up” events).

The most recent gathering took place over February 11鈥�15, 2020, in Sabratha, Libya鈥攁n ancient port city founded in Punic times and later conquered by Rome. The city is now one of Libya’s five UNESCO World Heritage sites. Located along the western coast of Libya, Sabratha has been a haven for Libyan smugglers and human traffickers. Just four years ago, it was the site of .

Fighting continues in the nearby capital of Tripoli, and Libya remains in a in the West. Despite these challenging circumstances, 17吃瓜and our Libyan colleagues continue to foster a sense of shared heritage and the idea that it is the responsibility of the whole community to care for this heritage.

These Cultural Heritage Volunteer Multi-day Events include workshops, lectures, site visits, and site maintenance and cleaning. In Sabratha, 145 participants attended the lectures, and many more participated in the site visit(s) and cleaning portions of the event.

ASOR’s featured prominently in the program. The event benefited from 18 specialized trainers, teachers, and professors. Attendees included students and faculty from the University of Sabratha, members of the Libyan Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, officers of the Tourist Police, and archaeologists working for the Libyan Department of Antiquities. In addition, seven journalists and one regional television crew attended.

The event organization was led by the University of Sabratha, which was a vital partner by providing both facilities and financial assistance. Other institutional partners included the Municipality of Sabratha, the Sabratha Inspectorate of Antiquities, and the Organization of Libyan World Heritage Cities. We also benefited from the cooperation and participation of the Libyan Scouts and Guides and the Tourist Police and Antiquities Protection Authority. While the event focused on local volunteer action to protect Libyan heritage, participants came from far and wide, including Al-Qayrat Al-Jarmah, Al-Fakhfakh Jarma, Hon, Sirte, Benghazi, Bani Walid, Ghadames, Nalut, Zuwara, Sabratha, and Tripoli. The success of the event would not have been possible without the amazing support of all of these partners who came from around the country to volunteer together. This broad cooperation attests to the wide-spread support cultural heritage programs are receiving even during difficult times.

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Visit to the archaeological site of Sabratha.

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Pottery restoration.

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Site cleaning at Sabratha.

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Cleaning mosaics.

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Workshops and lectures at the Sabratha Library Hall.

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Participants in the Museum Suitcase Project with one of the suitcases.

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Certificate of participation.

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The next Cultural Heritage Volunteer Weekend Event will take place March 12-18 in Ghadames and Nalut and these events will be featured in forthcoming News@17吃瓜and ANE Today.听

The condition of the enclosure wall prior to the rehabilitation.

At the time of writing, repairs to the enclosure wall are nearing completion, with approximately 90% of the work now finished. Final touches, including the removal of construction debris, are expected to be completed by the end of March. This will help restore both the security and the appearance of the site. At the same time, the project team has made significant progress by carefully inspecting and clearing the museum’s sewage drainage system. By removing blockages, they have successfully restored the proper function of the drainage system. This essential step stabilizes the museum’s infrastructure for the longer term.

ANE TODAY VOL VIII n03 (2020)

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March 2020

Vol. 8, No. 3

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By Max Price

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By Daniel M. M茅ndez-Rodr铆guez

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By Adrienne Mayor

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By Gonen Sharon and Maya Oron

The Middle Paleolithic period lasted from about 300,000 to 30,000 years ago. Can we look at a hunting site and reconstruct the events of a single week? [/vc_column_text][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

2020 17吃瓜Initiative on the Status of Women

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2020 17吃瓜INITIATIVE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

  • Beth Alpert Nakhai, Chair
  • Amanda Bauer
  • Emily Miller Bonney
  • Megan Cifarelli
  • Helen Dixon
  • Jennie Ebeling
  • Amy Gansell
  • Agn猫s Garcia Ventura
  • Vanessa Bigot-Juloux
  • Stephanie Langin-Hooper
  • Leann Pace
  • Nava Panitz-Cohen
  • Cynthia Shafer-Elliott
  • Saana Sv盲rd
  • Amanda Wissler

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2019 BAGHDAD COMMITTEE

The Baghdad Committee (whose formal name is the Committee on Mesopotamian Civilization) oversees the production of the Journal of Cuneiform Studies (JCS), has published a newsletter on archaeological and other research in Iraq, has coordinated field projects throughout Iraq, and for a period of time had an Institute functioning in Baghdad. The committee recommends recipients for the Mesopotamian Fellowship to the 17吃瓜board. This fellowship funds researchers studying the region, through the generosity of the James B. Nies Trust.

  • Steven Garfinkle, Chair
  • Lisa Cooper
  • Matthew Rutz
  • Claudia Glatz
  • Jacob Lauinger
  • Clemens Reichel
  • Karen Sonik
  • Piotr Michalowski,听JCS听editor

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2020 BAGHDAD COMMITTEE

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The Baghdad Committee (whose formal name is the Committee on Mesopotamian Civilization) oversees the production of the Journal of Cuneiform Studies (JCS), has published a newsletter on archaeological and other research in Iraq, has coordinated field projects throughout Iraq, and for a period of time had an Institute functioning in Baghdad. The committee recommends recipients for the Mesopotamian Fellowship to the 17吃瓜board. This fellowship funds researchers studying the region, through the generosity of the James B. Nies Trust.

  • Steven Garfinkle, Chair
  • Lisa Cooper
  • Jay Crisostomo
  • Claudia Glatz
  • Jacob Lauinger
  • Clemens Reichel
  • Karen Sonik
  • Piotr Michalowski,听JCS听editor

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2020 Publications Committee

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2020 PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE

The Publications Committee takes responsibility for overseeing 17吃瓜publications, including ASOR鈥檚 three scholarly journals — the Bulletin of ASOR, Near Eastern Archaeology, and the Journal of Cuneiform Studies 鈥� and ASOR鈥檚 three monograph series — the Annual of 17吃瓜(AASOR), the 17吃瓜Archaeological Reports Series (17吃瓜– ARS), and the Journal of Cuneiform Studies Supplement Series (JCCSS). The committee oversees as well as ASOR鈥檚 digital database, the Levantine Ceramics Project, and ASOR鈥檚 Friends of 17吃瓜e-newsletter, The ANE Today. In addition, the Publications Committee conducts searches for and recommends to the 17吃瓜Board of Trustees individuals to serve as editors or in some cases co-editors of ASOR鈥檚 scholarly journals and monograph series. Typically, editors serve for three-year terms and can be renewed for a second term. Finally, the committee discusses and advises 17吃瓜regarding new publication initiatives, especially digital publishing initiatives and making 17吃瓜publications available through open access.

Kevin McGeough, Chair (until December 31, 2021)

Class of 2020

Patrick Alexander
Mara Horowitz
Jeff Howry

Class of 2021

Jake Lauinger
Caroline Sauvage
Samuel Wolff

Class of 2022

Gary Arbino
Charlotte Cable
Eric Kansa

Editors of 17吃瓜Journals and Monographs

Eric Cline (BASOR)
Christopher Rollston (BASOR)
Stephanie Lynn Budin (NEA)
Piotr Michalowski (JCS)
Bill Caraher (AASOR)
Hanan Charaf (ASOR-ARS)

Sharon Herbert (ex officio)
Andrew G. Vaughn (ex officio, non-voting)

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ANE Today 2020 Index

Vol. 8

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”10″][vc_column_text]Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. Photographing Iraq

Attia, Annie. Epidemics in Mesopotamia

Bell, Sinclair. The Sound and the Fury: The Passion for Chariot Racing in Imperial Rome

Bunbury, Judith. How Ancient Egypt Shows that Climate Change is Always with Us

Burrell, Kevin. The Cushites: Race and Representation in the Hebrew Bible

Cline, Eric H. 鈥淭erminate and Liquidate鈥�: How the Megiddo Ivories were Almost Not Discovered

Cook, John Granger.Resurrection in the Mediterranean World

Cradic, Melissa S and Vanessa Linares. Vanilla in the Middle Bronze Age: New Findings from Megiddo

Dijkstra, Roald. The Apostle Peter, Anchor of the Church

Earley-Spadoni, Tiffany. Fire Beacons and Message Relays: Staying in Touch in the Ancient Near East

Estes, Douglas. The Tree of Life

Fassbinder, J枚rg W.E. Beneath the Euphrates Sediments: Magnetic Traces of the Mesopotamian Megacity Uruk-Warka

Gaber, Pamela. How Greek is Limestone Sculpture on Cyprus?

Germanidou, Sophia. The Ancient Lands of Honey: Middle East, Egypt, Greece

Gorzalczany, Amir and Baruch Rosen. Pictures of Restraint: Hunting Carnivores on Mosaics from the Roman and Byzantine Periods

Gray, Alyssa M. Charity (Tzedaqah) as a Late Antique Rabbinic Religious Idea

Herrmann, Virginia R. and Giuliana Paradiso. Are Monuments History? (Neo-) Hittite Meditations on Two Memes

Joffe, Alex. Passover in the Time of Pandemic

Joffe, Alex. Pickles and Prehistory

Koller, Aaron. The Alphabet: The First Thousand Years

K枚pp-Junk, Heidi. Nefertiti on Her Chariot 鈥� The Female Use of Chariots in Ancient Egypt

K枚pp-Junk, Heidi. Rain, Rain, Go Away: Dealing with Wastewater and Rain in Ancient Egypt

Langgut, Dafna and Raphael Greenberg.Fossil Pollen and the Story of Olives in the Mediterranean Basin

Marchetti, Nicol貌 and Federico Zaina. OrientDams: The Impact of Dams on Cultural Heritage in the Middle East and North Africa

Martin, Lutz. Max von Oppenheim and His Tell Halaf

Mayor, Adrienne. Ancient Automatons in Myth and History

M茅ndez-Rodr铆guez, Daniel M. 鈥楳ummify like an Egyptian鈥� 鈥� Egyptianizing Mummification in the Canary Islands

Milevski, Ianir and Liora Kolska Horwitz. Donkeys, Domestication and Early Bronze Age Society

Millek, Jesse Michael. What Actually Happened in Syria at the end of the Late Bronze Age?

Moreno Garc铆a, Juan Carlos. Coping with Ethnicity in Pharaonic Egypt

Noonan, Ben. Non-Semitic Loanwords in the Hebrew Bible: A Lexicon of Language Contact

Nowicki, Stefan. Women in Early Mesopotamian Royal Inscriptions

Nyord, Rune. Servant Figurines from Egyptian Tombs: Whom Did They Depict, and How Did They Work?

Pareja, Marie N. Monkey Business: New Evidence for Aegean-Indus Exchange

Petrone, Pier Paolo. An Exceptional Discovery at Pompeii: A Victim鈥檚 Vitrified Brain Remains

Price, Max. The Genesis of the Near Eastern Pig

Pryke, Louise. Nebuchadnezzar Explained: Warrior King, Rebuilder of Cities, and Musical Muse

Pumphrey, Nicholaus. Biblical Interpretation in the Age of Superheroes

Recht,听Laerke. Human Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East and Egypt

Robinson, Damian. The Afterlife of Ships in Thonis-Heracleion: Recycling, Abandonment, and Ritual Sacrifice at an Egyptian Port

Sharon, Gonen and Maya Oron. A Week in the Life of the Mousterian Hunter

Shivtiel, Yinon. Jewish Cliff Shelters and Hiding Complexes in the Roman Period Galilee

Steimer-Herbet, Tara. The Dolmen Tour and House of Heritage in Menjez (Akkar 鈥� North Lebanon)

Stephan, Tara. Myth and Marvel: Medieval Muslim Writings on Ancient Egypt

Susnow, Matthew. What is a 鈥楬ouse of a God鈥�?

Tchekhanovets, Yana and Leonid Belyaev. Russian Archaeology of the Holy Land

Tebes, Juan Manuel. A Desert Revolution 鈥� Transformations in Northwestern Arabia and the Arid Southern Levant in the Late 2nd Millennium BCE

Thomason, Allison. The Archaeology of Clothing in the Ancient Near East

Vahedi, Hossein. The First Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological Survey Project in the Sefidkuh Makran Mountains of Baluchistan

Van Buylaere, Greta. #MeToo-potamia (or systemic gender inequality in Mesopotamia)

van den Hout, Theo. From 鈥淎n鈥� to 鈥淭he鈥�: The OI at 100

Yeomans, Lisa. Our Early Neolithic Canine Companions

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