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interviews with ASOR members, plenary addresses from past Annual meetings, advice for those starting careers in archaeology, and more.

: past lectures held at ACOR, ranging from recent discoveries at the site of Pella in Jordan by Stephen Bourke, the importance of recording Rock Art in Wadi Rum by Kaelin Groom, digital media in Jordan by Geoffrey Hughes, and Amman street art by Aseel Sawalha.

past lectures and featured videos.

:  videos of lectures, expeditions, and guided tours of the museum exhibits.

Illustrated Lectures

  • – University of Alabama archaeologist Sarah Parcak explains the use of satellite imagery for locating archaeological sites.
  • – Aren Maeir of Bar Ilan University explains some types of finds related food and cooking.
  • – Ami Mazar, emeritus professor of archaeology at Hebrew University, discusses the development of Biblical Archeology and changing concepts of ancient Israel. In Hebrew
  • – Harvard University professor Lawrence Stager discusses finds from his long-term excavations at the site of Ashkelon.
  • – Interview with Tel Aviv University professor Israel Finkelstein explaining his approach to archaeology and its relationship with Biblical texts. In Hebrew.

Sites and Finds

  • – Shows the excavations south of the Old City.
  • – A silent film shot showing excavations at various parts of the site.
  • – A tour through recent excavations in the City of David including underground areas.
  • – An overview of the operations of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
  • – Digitizing the Dead Sea Scrolls is revealing new information and widening access.
  • – The practical and technical challenges of digitizing the Dead Sea Scroll archives.
  • – An aerial view of Jerusalem, focusing on the Old City.
  • – Discusses the discovery of a Fatimid gold hoard in a jar during salvage excavations near Ramla.
  • – A seal impression from the Second Temple period found along the Western Wall of the Temple Mount.
  • – An introduction to the Bronze and Iron Age site of Abel Beth Maacah in northern Israel.
  • – Illustrates various excavations and finds at Tall Hisban, southwest of Amman, dating from the Bronze Age through the Mamluk period.

Gallery Slideshows from Near Eastern Archaeology Magazine

  • – A gallery of all the images that appear in issue 76.2 (2013) of Near Eastern Archaeology magazine. Smaller versions of some of the images also appear in the article, “” on the ASOR Blog / Ancient Near East Today.
  • – A gallery of all the images that appear in issue 76.2 (2013) of Near Eastern Archaeology magazine.

Ask an Archaeologist

  •  – In this episode, students at BU gave us their questions for Professor of Archaeology and long-time archaeologist, Andrea Berlin to answer.
  •  – In this episode, Boston University’s Department of Archaeology’s Post Doctoral Associate, Travis Parno, Ph.D, answers questions gathered from social media and man-on-the-street questions.
  •  – In this episode, Boston University’s Department of Archaeology’s Professor, Curtis Runnels, answers questions gathered from social media and man-on-the-street questions.
  •  – In this episode, Boston City Archaeologist Joe Bagley, answers questions gathered from social media and AIA’s Archaeology Day here in Boston.
  •  – Ask an Archaeologist sat down with Dr. Joe Greene of the Semitic Museum at Harvard to answer user submitted archaeological questions.
  •  – While at the Semitic Museum at Harvard, visiting archaeologist Dr. Stephen Bourke stepped in to answer one of Ask an Archaeologist’s more colorful questions.
  •  – Ask an Archaeologist sat down with Adam Aja, Assistant Curator of Collections at the Semitic Museum at Harvard, to answer user submitted archaeological questions.