The ASOR Program Committee seeks 4 new members to serve a 3-year term (2026–2028) with possibility of a 2nd term. We are interested in applications from members whose research area(s) are complementary to or not represented by current members of the PC. The brief app. is due Dec. 5: buff.ly/B16v7ds

We are one week away from the 2025 Annual Meeting in Boston! Make sure to have the Plenary Address from Dr. Timothy P. Harrison (ISAC), plus the Welcome Reception afterwards, on your calendars for Wednesday evening, November 19. See you there! #ASOR25

New issues of Maarav Vol. 29, Nos. 1-2 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/mar/2025... @asor-research.bsky.social @chicagojournals.bsky.social

Remember to sign up for the free Museum Literacy Workshop available to all ASOR Annual Meeting attendees led by Dr. Jen Thum at the Harvard Art Museums! The workshop will be on Wednesday, November 19 from 3:00–5:00pm. Space is limited to 18 people, advance registration is required: buff.ly/kuF57r9

We can’t wait to see you at ASOR’s Annual Meeting in Boston this November! But have you reserved your seat at the 125th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday night? Tickets must be purchased by November 3, and seats are going fast! Register now: buff.ly/HlqbQzn

The Ancient Near East Today is seeking new members for its Editorial Advisory Committee. The committee supports and advises the editor of ANE Today for matters of content and strategy for the main platform and its Substack newsletter. Please fill out this online form by Oct. 31: buff.ly/2MyvjcP

Join ASOR's Early Career Scholars on Friday, October 17th from 12:00-1:15pm EDT via Zoom for a virtual Brown Bag workshop, "How to Get Involved in Archaeological Field Projects." Curious about how to join an archaeological dig or how to expand your field experience? Register here: buff.ly/hhAGoMp

Friends of ASOR present the next webinar of the season on Oct. 8, at 7:00 pm EDT, presented by Kevin McGeough with panelists Jennie Ebeling and Bill Caraher. This webinar will be free and open to the public. Registration through Zoom (with a valid email address) is required: tinyurl.com/bdet3w97

#ImageoftheWeek from this week's ANE Today: 12,000-year-old rock art panel of life-sized camels discovered in the Nefed Desert, Saudi Arabia. Orthophoto with tracings digitally outlined in color. Image source: M. Guagnin et al. 2025 (buff.ly/aIyYUYa). CC By 4.0. #Archaeology #RockArt #SaudiArabia

The American Academy of Religion, Southeastern region, invites abstracts for its annual conference. There will be ASOR member-sponsored sessions on Field Reports and Related Scholarship, Shifting Identities & the Archaeology of the Ancient World. Call for Papers deadline is October 1: relse.org.

ASOR is pleased to announce, with support from the American Institute for Roman Culture, the Cyrene Conservation Initiative—a 12-month conservation and heritage education project at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Cyrene in eastern Libya. Read more: www.asor.org/.../09/cyren...

Friends of ASOR is pleased to announce our next webinar, "Visions of Antiquity: Paintings of Robert Duncanson and Sculptures of Edmonia Lewis" presented by Dr. Tasha Vorderstrasse, is on September 24 at 7:00pm ET. Register for the free webinar here: buff.ly/JdUpaud

Joshua Micallef, a 2025 P.E. MacAllister Fieldwork Scholarship Recipient, excavated at Tell Hesban in Jordan. Interested in landscape archaeology, Joshua shares what it was like to explore and excavate in the trenches of the wadi. Read his report here: buff.ly/O1zlcdl #Archaeology #Jordan

ASOR and the Levantine Ceramics Project are pleased to announce the launch of a new handbook series—and the first publication: The LCP Handbook to the Late Roman Amphora (LRA1). The LCPH Series provides comprehensive overviews of wares on Mediterranean sites. Read more here: buff.ly/4ihHNO0

Aidan Gregg, 2025 Katherine Barton Platt Fellowship Recipient, joined the Athenian Agora excavations in Athens, Greece as an assistant supervisor in 2025. Returning to a site he'd excavated before, Aidan reflects on personal and professional growth. Read his report here: buff.ly/JOalqcG

Read "Art as the Child of Nature: Investigating the Interplay between Human Society, Environment, and Artistic Production in Prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus" and learn how ancient Cypriot art integrated changing natural landscapes. Find it here: ow.ly/E6XW50Wn6XY @asor-research.bsky.social

A reminder that ASOR invites poster proposals for the Poster Session as part of the 2025 ASOR Annual Meeting. The deadline to submit a poster proposal is August 1 and must be uploaded via ASOR’s online portal. Read the Call for Posters for more information: buff.ly/99Bkbqj

New volume of Journal of Cuneiform Studies Vol. 77 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jcs/2025... @asor-research.bsky.social @chicagojournals.bsky.social

ASOR will offer 10 grants of $250 each to support institutional student travel to the Annual Meeting this November. ASOR is also looking for Session Assistants who will receive hotel support in exchange for assisting with the meeting's hybrid aspects. Read more: buff.ly/GmixUGa

The “Heritage Advocacy in North Africa” project ran from August 2021 to September 2023 with the aim of promoting cultural and religious freedom through heritage protection and advocacy in Morocco and Tunisia. See our latest blog post: buff.ly/MSTrO8T.

Lonnie Reid, a 2024 Fieldwork Scholarship recipient, excavated at Qach Rresh in Kurdish Iraq. Using magnetometry, Lonnie excavated the Iron Age fields with a unique and precise method. Read his fieldwork report here: buff.ly/hyxY86g #asorfieldwork #asordigs

ASOR is turning 125—and we want you to be part of the celebration! Our special anniversary dinner will take place during this year's Annual Meeting in Boston at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza. Register for the event here: buff.ly/m9tGfY0

Summer is in full swing, but it’s not too early to think about your fall calendar. The Annual Meeting Program-at-a-Glance, as well as information about business meetings and special events, can be found on the 2025 ASOR Annual Meeting Schedules Page. Check it out here: buff.ly/nZBO4y4

ASOR was delighted to participate in the DC Day of Archaeology Festival by @aitc_dc this past Saturday, June 28 at Tudor Place. The ASOR table included a sandbox to dig up artifacts, puzzles, trivia, and free journals! Read more: www.asor.org/news/2025/07... #dcdayofarchaeology

#ObjectoftheWeek: Funerary model of cow giving birth. Probably from Meir, Egypt, c. 2040 – 1985 BCE. Royal Ontario Museum 910.18.16.1. Photo courtesy of ROM: buff.ly/QrcBzG0

What is a god? While the question is simple enough, the answer depends on context and perspective. Read the first article in a 4-part series by Michael Hundley in the newest Ancient Near East Today: buff.ly/w1DZi3u

Make sure to join ASOR this Saturday, June 28, for this year's DC Day of Archaeology Festival at Tudor Place in Washington, DC. Stop by the event organized by Archaeology in the Community from 10AM to 3PM for music, food, and fun activities!

This spring, McKinley Tech High School students explored Black Georgetown’s legacy at Mt. Zion–Female Union Band Historic Memorial Park. Through VR and archaeological research, the program encouraged students to engage with the history of Black communities in Washington, D.C.: buff.ly/46Nuif5

ASOR CHI was delighted to participate in this year’s Arab Network of Civil Society Organizations to Safeguard Cultural Heritage (ANSCH) Conference on May 28–29. ASOR spoke on types of free resources available for civil society organizations in the region. Read more: buff.ly/q5oGrmv

ASOR has turned 125—and you’re invited to join the celebration by participating in a special dinner event on Saturday night at this year’s Annual Meeting in Boston! Read more and register for the celebration here: buff.ly/40k8kxC

Gabbi Graber, a 2024 Stevan B. Dana Fieldwork Scholarship recipient, excavated at Tel Burna in the Shephelah hills of Israel. Drawing from personal reflections and field experience, Gabbi shares what it was like to dig in this storied landscape. Read her fieldwork report here: buff.ly/wOGxuIH

New issue of Near Eastern Archaeology Vol. 88, No. 2 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/nea/2025... @chicagojournals.bsky.social @asor-research.bsky.social Megiddo, the Mother of All Tells @digkabri.bsky.social

Check out the May issue of Bulletin of ASOR 393, with articles like Nabatean Tent Sites on the Ruhot Plain, Central Negev, and Nomadic Visibility; Olive Oil Production in the North-East Temple of Canaanite Lachish; Qaṭrāyīṯ and the Linguistic History of Ancient East Arabia: buff.ly/oce6zOJ

ASOR invites members to submit poster proposals for the Poster Session as part of the 2025 ASOR Annual Meeting. Poster abstracts of 250 words may be submitted in the ASOR Abstract Center between now and August 1. Please read the Call for Posters to learn more: buff.ly/99Bkbqj

Once believed to be the location of Herod’s Augusteum, the cave at Paneas has yielded up some surprising discoveries following recent excavations. Read the newest ANE Today by Adi Erlich and Ron Lavi here: buff.ly/2VzWNgX

Join ASOR for this year's DC Day of Archaeology Festival, organized by Archaeology in the Community, on Saturday, June 28 at Tudor Place in Washington, DC. Stop by the event for music, food, and activities, and make sure to check out ASOR's table!

Starting this Friday, May 30th, ASOR staff will be holding summer hours until Labor Day, September 1st. If you need to contact the office, please do so during normal business hours Monday–Thursday or before 12:30pm EDT on Fridays. We wish you all a productive and relaxing summer!

ASOR's Early Career Scholars hosted Dr. Rennan Lemos (University of Cambridge) for their Spring 2025 Brown Bag lecture, "Archaeology Under Fire: The History of Sudan Between War and Water." Click here to view the recording on YouTube: buff.ly/1zRaSeB

Registration is now half full for our first-ever Friends of ASOR tour in Chicago on September 18 and 19 for an exclusive behind-the-scenes experience. Space is limited, so grab your spot today. Registration and details can be found here: buff.ly/RPZoI6Z

Ofelia Tychon received a 2024 Katherine Barton Platt Fieldwork Scholarship to excavate with the Rural Landscapes of Iron Age Imperial Mesopotamia Project near Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. Read about Ofelia’s experience excavating in the Assyrian heartland here: buff.ly/DgOMTio

New volume of the Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research Vol. 393 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/basr/202... @safaitic.bsky.social @chicagojournals.bsky.social @asor-research.bsky.social ‪

Christopher Jones's "A Failed Coup: The Assassination of Sennacherib and the Assyrian Civil War of 681 BC" is our latest article in today's issue of Ancient Near East Today: anetoday.org/failed-coup-...

Congratulations to the 2025 Project Grant and Research Fellowship awardees! See a full list of the awardees here: www.asor.org/news/2025/04...

ASOR is pleased to announce 12 new field and publication projects have received ASOR affiliation since last summer. These projects cover sites in Italy, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Greece, Israel, and Cyprus. Learn more about these new ASOR-affiliated projects: buff.ly/2kXazWg

In today's Ancient Near East Today, Alexandra Morris discusses the little-mentioned topic of people with disabilities in ancient Egypt, and explores disability as a complex lived experience: anetoday.org/disability-a... 📸 Picture by Fixi, via Wikimedia Commons. CC By-SA 3.0.

Make sure to join us TODAY at 2:00pm ET for our FOA Webinar, "A Window on the Silk Road: Archaeology in Medieval Armenia," presented by Dr. Kate Franklin. You can still register by clicking here: buff.ly/C9CjSkn #FOAWebinars

Rubar Yavuz received a 2024 Eric and Carol Meyers Fieldwork Scholarship to excavate with the Tayinat Archaeological Project in the Amuq Valley, Turkey. Read about Rubar's experience excavating an Iron Age pavement at the site here: buff.ly/0iSZI0u

Join us in Boston for ASOR’s 2025 Annual Meeting, November 19-22, at the Hilton Boston Park Plaza. ASOR has negotiated a discounted rate of $189 (plus tax), destination fee is waived for ASOR attendees. Don’t miss your chance to grab this great rate – reserve here: buff.ly/YKXHhuz

Read the latest fieldwork report from Brady Hill. Brady received a 2024 G. Ernest Wright Fieldwork Scholarship to excavate at the site of Kani Shaie in Iraqi Kurdistan. Read about his experience recording pottery in the "Lower Town" here: buff.ly/Z46z1zf

Most approaches to identity in antiquity fixate upon a binary constructed in modern scholarship. Yet individuals embrace multiple identities, whether social, ideological, or kin-related. How to approach complexity in antiquity? Read the newest ANE Today by Aaron Burke here: buff.ly/SYTDCzA