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April 2019

Vol. 7, No. 4

Life in a Late Antique Village

By Giovanni Ruffini

Murder, rape, theft, accusations of all kinds. Texts from the 6th century CE village of Aphrodito make life sound terrible. But life went on and perhaps the important things weren鈥檛 all written down. Read More

Phoenician and Punic Masks: What Are They and What Were They Good For?

By Adriano Orsingher

Many human societies created masks, but they were especially common in the Eastern Mediterranean. Phoenician masks spread from east to west, but what were they for and why did the tradition die? Read More

The Archaeology of Early Christian Manuscripts聽

By Brent Nongbri

Scholars and the public are accustomed to thinking of early Christian writings as texts rather than artifacts. If we examine the history of the documents themselves, a new picture emerges.聽Read More

A Beehive from Solomon’s Pools (in the Albright attic)

By Joan E. Taylor

Beekeeping is an ancient human activity but archaeological evidence for it is difficult to find. An ancient jar from an unlikely spot, the attic of the Albright Institute, may be one example. Read More