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June 2020
Vol. 8, No. 6
The Afterlife of Ships in Thonis-Heracleion: Recycling, Abandonment, and Ritual Sacrifice at an Egyptian Port
By聽Damian Robinson
What happens to a ship at the end of its life? Underwater archaeology at an Egyptian port near Alexandria provides a vivid picture of very different fates. Read More
Pictures of Restraint: Hunting Carnivores on Mosaics from the Roman and Byzantine Periods
By聽Amir Gorzalczany and Baruch Rosen
Many cultures hunt with animals. Roman mosaics give us insights about different techniques for restraining animals but also about the ideologies of their patrons. Read More
Non-Semitic Loanwords in the Hebrew Bible: A Lexicon of Language Contact
By聽Ben Noonan
There are 235 non-Semitic loanwords in the Hebrew Bible from languages ranging from Egyptian, Greek, Hittite, Luvian, Hurrian, Old Indic, to Old Iranian. What do these tell us about the writers and their society? Read More
Beneath the Euphrates Sediments: Magnetic Traces of the Mesopotamian Megacity Uruk-Warka
By聽J枚rg W.E. Fassbinder
The southern Mesopotamian city of Uruk is approximately five kilometers in diameter. Even after a century of work, excavations have barely scratched the surface. But new techniques now look far below the surface. Read More