ASOR Blog
2011
December 2011
Resources on the Cultural Crisis in the Near East
The scale of the human crisis in Syria has expanded and now involves Europe. Damage to archaeological and heritage sites also continues at an alarming rate.
The Context of Ancient Egyptian Statuary in the Levant
By: Ashley Fiutko Arico
The presence of Egyptian material culture in the Levant has long intrigued scholars in the fields of Levantine archaeology and Egyptology alike as evidence of interconnections between the two regions in antiquity. My dissertation focuses on a distinct subset of this material, stone statuary…Read More
November 2011
A Comparative Study of the Origins of Cavalry in the Ancient Near East and China
By: Yinglan Zhang
Cavalry was one of the dominant military forces in ancient times. Since its creation, it has played an important role in warfare, and has also had a profound influence on the formation and evolution of civilizations in Europe and Asia…Read More