Hieratic – An Ancient Egyptian Cursive Script
This Element traces the long history of hieratic from its decipherment in the nineteenth century back to its origins around 2500 BC.
Working in the Suburbs
Anna Hodgkinson confirms this site’s role as a workshop and reconstructs the inhabitants’ daily lives in the city.
Seshat History of Moralizing Religion
This collection of essays by leading archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists provides the first in-depth, cross-cultural history of moralizing religion.
Kouphovouno: A Neolithic and Bronze Age Site in Laconia
Publication about Kouphovouno, which lies just south of Sparta and has been described as “the most important Neolithic site in Laconia”.
The Janissaries
This volume presents the proceedings of the 12th Halcyon Days in Crete Symposium, held in Rethymno from January 12-14, 2024.
AI for Community: Preserving Culture and Tradition
This forthcoming book explore how artificial intelligence can preserve heritages that might otherwise be at risk of being lost.
A stonemason’s toolkit from the pre-Roman limestone quarry
This article by Aurora Pețan discusses a stonemason’s toolkit that was discovered by chance at Măgura Călanului, Romania.
Monarchies and the Organization of Power
This Element explores the organization of power in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and the interaction of diverse social actors between 2100 and 1750 BC.
ERETRIA XXVI
Eretria before 490 BC, the extent of the damage inflicted by the Persians, and the subsequent recovery of the city.
Medieval Warhorse
This volume presents a fresh perspective on warhorses, and medieval horses generally, in Britain, within its wider European context.
The mystery of the “air-dried chaplain” solved
The multidisciplinary study solved the “mystery” of the excellent preservation of the trunk of this unusual mummified human body.
54 Souidias: A History of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
This landmark publication offers an up-to-date and accessible account of the ASCSA’s remarkable 140-year history.
Bronze Age cymbals from Dahwa: Indus musical traditions in Oman
The authors present a pair of third-millennium BC copper cymbals, excavated at Dahwa, Oman.
Figuring Death in Classical Athens
The book pulls together exemplary texts and objects and makes each accessible to readers from multiple sub-disciplines.
Making Memories in Ancient Egypt
An up-to-date introduction to memory studies in Egyptology, this book invites the reader to rethink how and why memory matters.
The Neolithic of the Sárköz and Adjacent Regions in Hungary
The present volume summarises the bioarchaeological research carried out since the excavations in the Alsónyék settlement and adjacent sites.
Iron shackles from the Ptolemaic gold mines of Ghozza
The article presents the Early Ptolemaic period iron shackles which have been discovered in Ghozza, a 3rd c. BC gold mine in Egypt.
Viking Dynasties
The authors present the state of the art in our understanding of the dynasties that would reshape theNorthern world.
Fields, Sherds and Scholars
This book is a significant contribution to the field of survey pottery studies, which is not frequently theorised.
Stolen Fragments
Mazza's investigation asks what happens when the supposed custodians of our ancient heritage act in ways that threaten to destroy it.
The Archaeological Museum of Chaeronea
The volume features finds—most of which are unpublished—from three significant ancient cities in northern Boeotia.
Diary 2025 – Album
The National Historical Museum (NHM) presents its 2025 diary, dedicated to the Cephalonian painter and architect Gerassimo Pizzamano.
Jahrbuch des DAI (JdI): new issue online
The new issue of the Jahrbuch des DAI (JdI) is now freely available in both PDF and Viewer editions.
Cyprus and Ugarit. Connecting Material and Mercantile Worlds
This study by A. Bernard Knapp considers the detailed archaeological and documentary records of Cyprus and Ugarit (Syria).