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Archives: Archeology
Syrian Musicians Celebrate Palmyra’s Liberation
TeleSur | - - The city and its ruins, designated a UNESCO world heritage site in 1980, have traded hands several times during Syria's six-year civil war. The 15-year-old's voice floated over…
Top Five ways Jesus was not White
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Given the alarming rise of white nationalism in the United States and the ways in which it is often entangled with Christian nationalism,…
Inside ISIL’s looted antiquities trade
By Fiona Rose-Greenland | (The Conversation) | - - For excavators – archaeologists, but also looters like the [so-called] Islamic State, or ISIL – the opportunity for discovery in modern Iraq and…
Anti-Orientalism: Artists 3-D Scan looted Egyptian treasure in German museum
By Cory Doctorow | ( Boing Boing | - - Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles, an Iraqi/German artistic duo, covertly scanned a famous looted Egyptian treasure, the Bust of Queen Nefertiti,…
The Deep History of Iran – Arabian Relations (I)
By Khodadad Rezakhani | ( Mizan ) | - - This essay is an attempt at collecting some thoughts on an important historical event and its related historiographical questions. It is not…
In Iraq’s Ur, Archeologists Explore History’s Potential to Unite A Divided Land
By Ahmad Thamer Jihad | (Niqash.org) | - - The best way to combat the damage done to Iraq's antiquities during the current security crisis is to put more effort into exploring…
Brutal Bombing of Yemen risks Destroying its Cultural Heritage along with Civilian Lives
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – Parties to Yemen’s armed conflict should take all necessary measures to protect Sanaa’s Old City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. International humanitarian law provides…
Martyr to Science in Palmyra: Archeologist Khaled al-Asaad
By Pierre Leriche | (The Conversation) | - - A second ancient temple at Palmyra has been razed, with a satellite image appearing to confirm the destruction of the Temple of Bel,…
Syria: Daesh/ ISIL Kills aged Archeologist who refused to reveal hidden Palmyra Antiquities
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | - - "ISIS beheaded 82-year-old Khaled Al-Asaad on August 18, 2015, in the 2,000-year-old city he spent his life restoring. Syria's most prominent antiquities scholar is…
Water Wars from the Pharaohs to the West Bank in 2 mins. via Lego Animation
AJ+ | (Video report) | - - We wanted to tell the story of water wars throughout history. We also wanted to play with Legos. Here's the result. The programs conducted by…
Actually, Oldest Qur’ans are in Sanaa, Yemen & in Danger of Saudi Bombing
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | The discovery of a couple pages [apparently actually 18] of a very old Qur'an (the Muslim scripture), probably from the 640s CE ["AD"], in a…
No, GOP, biblical Marriage was not between one man and one woman
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The freak-out by the Republican presidential candidates over the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage provokes me to revise and reprise the points…
Who does Jerusalem belong To?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - Far right Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu commemorated Israel's "Jerusalem Day" with a speech in which he said, "Jerusalem was always the capital of…