Mark your calendar for our next FOA webinar, "The Archaeology of Psychotropic Substances in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asia," on Wednesday, February 19 at 2:00 pm EST, presented by Dr. David Ilan. Register for free lecture: #FOAWebinars

West Asian texts depict the netherworld as a land which is bounded, keeping outsiders from entering and inhabitants from leaving. Yet, borders are seldom entirely unable to be crossed. Read the newest Ancient Near East Today by Shane M. Thompson: #ANEToday

Don't forget to join us TONIGHT at 7:00pm ET for our FOA Webinar, "Women’s Work in Abydos: Margaret Murray, Amice Calverley, and Myrtle Broome," presented by Dr. Kathleen Sheppard. You can still register by clicking here: #FOAWebinars

📸 Credit: ASOR. Ksar Douiret and its surroundings. Jemaa Al Nakhla mosque is the white building to the left with Ksar Douiret visible on the hill in the background.

A 2024 ASOR Stevan B. Dana Project Grant for Israel helped fund research on cultivation at a medieval Islamic village at the site of Khirbet Beit Loya. Learn more by reading the grant report by Dr. Bethany Walker:

Introducing a new series on our Cultural Heritage Initiative projects: In 2024, we partnered with AESPAT to host a collaborative cemetery restoration event between different cultural groups in Nafégué, Mali. Swipe on to read about the cleanup project. #asorchi

Have you heard about the Levantine Ceramics Project? LCP is an open-access resource sponsored by ASOR for the study of Levantine pottery – and its societies, cultures, and economies – from the Neolithic era (c. 5500 B.C.E.) until today. Check it out here:

See the latest fieldwork report from Lauren Cook, who received the 2024 BIPOC Fieldwork Scholarship to excavate at the site of Alalakh in Hatay, Türkiye. Lauren is a PhD candidate studying Art History at Johns Hopkins University. Read Lauren's report here:

Save the date for our next FOA webinar, "Women’s Work in Abydos: Margaret Murray, Amice Calverley, and Myrtle Broome," presented by Kathleen Sheppard on Wednesday, February 5th at 7:00 PM ET. Register for the free lecture here: #FOAWebinars

ASOR is pleased to announce that recordings from the 2024 Annual Meeting are now available. The Online Library brings together presentations, posters, and virtual museum tours from the 2020-24 Annual Meetings, and the entire archive of FOA webinars.

Archaeological field projects generate an immense amount of data. How can we use digital technologies to make complex geospatial data more useful for researchers? Read the newest #ANEToday about geospatial data for Luwian sites in Bronze Age Anatolia:

RT @LuwianStudies: Out today in ⁦⁦@ASOResearch⁩ ‘s “The Ancient Near East Today”: we present the foundation’s work on mapping and analysing…

Make sure to join us TOMORROW at 2:00pm ET for our FOA Webinar, "Thirsty Work: Building and Brewing on Bronze Age Cyprus," presented by Dr. Lindy Crewe. You can still register by clicking here: #FOAWebinars

ASOR will offer the Herbert Warren Mason Fellowship in 2025. At a value of $5,000, the fellowship is awarded biennially to a scholar/poet/writer/artist whose project proposal comes closest in scope to Herbert Mason’s lifework. Read more about how to apply:

Thanks to a 2024 Eric and Carol Meyers Fieldwork Scholarship, Kiley Stoj, a PhD student at the University of South Carolina, joined the team working at Çadır Höyük, Türkiye last summer. Read Kiley's report about her experience: #asorfieldwork

ASOR plans to offer two fellowships of $2,000 to support the study of collections in 2025. The collections covered by these fellowships include museum and archival collections, repositories, or collections of national authorities. Read about how to apply:

Join us for the next FOA Webinar: "Thirsty Work: Building and Brewing on Bronze Age Cyprus," presented by Dr. Lindy Crewe on Wednesday, January 22nd at 2:00pm ET. Read more about the talk and register for free now: #FOAWebinars

Tomorrow, January 15, is the deadline for proposals for member-organized sessions and workshops at the 2025 Annual Meeting. The brief form asks for a description of the session/workshop, and a list of 4-5 potential speakers and topics. Submit a proposal:

RT @richardwilding: Thanks to @ASOResearch for supporting the emergency conservation project I’ve been working on with @DrRajwan1 and the U…