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A new publication in the Journal for Open Archaeological Data introduces the most comprehensive collection of Palmyra's public inscriptions to date, bringing together 1134 stone-carved records from the first four centuries CE.
Two new features have been published in Current World Archaeology, 136. Read more about Urbicide and Denmark's archaeological landscape.
Organized within the framework of the Locally Crafted Empires project, the confernce brought together scholars to examine how local and regional communities in Western Asia and Egypt responded to various imperial hegemonies through the creation of individual portraits.
Two new features have been published in Current World Archaeology, 135. Read more about Urban Jungles and how to communicate classical Antiquity.
A new monograph by Olympia Bobou, Ilaria Bucci and Rubina Raja, exploring how vessels in Palmyrene funerary sculpture reveal values, rituals, social identity, and economic networks.
Meet our new Postdoc Giovanni Colzani
Meet our new Postdoc Giulia Vannucci
Postdoctoral fellowship (2 years fixed-term contract) in the research project Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS), School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University. Application deadline: 1 May 2026.
Eleanor Quasebarth Neil has received a scholarship from the Elizabeth Munksgaard Fonden to participate in the 2026 excavation season at Erimi-Pitharka, led by Lærke Recht (Head of World Heritage, Moesgaard Museum).
Meet Postdoc Eleanor Q. Neil
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