Archaeological Data and Perspectives
- Intro to Mesopotamian Archaeology
- Archaeology Photos (Peter Langer)
- BAESL - Bibliography of Archaeological Excavations in the Southern Levant (Dr. Wade Kotter)
- AMAR: Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Site Reports
- Open Context: Data Publication for Cultural Heritage and Field Research (Open Access)
- Jack Green, Emily Teeter and J. A. Larson (eds.) Picturing the Past. Imaging and Imagining the Ancient Middle East (Oriental Institute Museum Publications, 34)
- Introduction to PPNA
- Tell Mureybet (Middle Euphrates, Syria). The link is to Juan José Ibáñez, "Conclusion", in Ibáñez, Juan José, Le site néolithique de Tell Mureybet (Syrie du Nord). En hommage à Jacques Cauvin (, Oxford: Archaeopress, 2008), pp. 661–675.
- WF16 (Southern Jordan)
- Introduction to PPNB & PPNC
- 'Ain Ghazal (ca. 7250-5000; Jordan, now under the suburbs of Amman)
- Introduction to Pottery Neolithic in the Southern Levant
- Çatalhöyük - Main site
- Çatalhöyük Archive Reports - TAG Papers - Image Collection
- Ian Hodder, A lecture: "The leopard changes its spots: recent work on societal change at Çatalhöyük."
- A Welcome video to Çatalhöyük
- 3D Space walkthrough Catal Huyuk
- Mysteries of Catal Hoyuk (Science Museum of Minnesota - for kids, but with Ian Hodder in brief videos)
- Remixing Çatalhöyük (Ruth Tringham and Noah Wittman, UC Berkeley)
- This Old House by Ian Hodder, Natural History Magazine (2006) - article on Çatalhöyük -
- See also here (Introductory/summary popular article)
- Focus on Catal Hoyuk (Introductory/summary essay)
- A Dialogue with the Goddess community: a discussion between Ian Hodder and Anita Louise
- Ian Hodder, A Plan for the Management of the Site
- Central Anatolian Neolithic e-Workshop
- TAY (Archeological Settlements of Turkey) Project
- MET museum summary of Halaf Culture
- A Halaf Culture figurine
- Tell Sabi Abyad (Halaf Culture)
- Tell Zeidan (Ubaid in N. Syria)
- Tel Brak (fourth and third millennium, Northeastern Syria)
- Hamoukar (fourth millennium, Northeastern Syria)
- Hamoukar: Redrawing the Map of the World's Earliest Cities (Clemens Reichel)
- Hamoukar: First Evidence of Warfare in Ancient Mesopotamia and for the scholarly discussion in the 'news' click here
- Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur (Oriental Institute)
- Oriental Institue-Ur Exhibition-Curator's Notes (includes pictures)
- Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur, McClung Museum, Knoxville, TN
- The ziggurat of Ur-Nammu (Ur)
- Mari (basic entry)
- Entries for Ebla (some very basic) 1, 2; 3, 4,
- Lucio Milano on Ebla (CANE)
- Frances Pinnock on the Landscape of Ebla
- Ebla Goddess
- Ebla Digital Archives
- Edinburgh Ras Shamra Project - ERSP Main Entrance
- Dennis Pardee, Ugarit Texts (orig. pub. in The Oriental Institute News and Notes, No. 172, Winter 2002)
- Ugaritic Cuneiform
- Introduction to Ras Shamra (Ugarit) - ERSP
- Ugarit kings and some basic bibliography
- Introduction to Ugarit (in Spanish)
- Some open-access articles on Ugarit and its literature: 1, 2, 3
- Nimrud = ancient Kalhu
- Khorsabad = Dur-Sharrukin
- Digital Nineveh Archives
- Ziyaret Tepe (Tushhan - Neo Assyrian periphery)
-
Benjamin Sass, “Taita, King of Palistin: ca. 950–900 B.C.?,” (2010)
- An official index of archaeological sites in Israel
- MegaJordan - Jordan's Archaelogical Database
- Selected Images of Artifacts (from different period) - Israel Antiquities Authorities
- Hadashot Arkheologiyot - Excavations and Surveys in Israel (HA-ESI)
- Israel Antiquities Authority - Articles
- Virtual World Project - Exploring the Ancient World through Virtual Reality
- Virtual Karak Project
- Wadi Arabah Project
- DigMaster (Cobb Institute of Archaeology)
- The Dinur Center- Archaeology
- The Megiddo Expedition - Summary of the Meggido Dispute
- The Radiocarbon Megiddo Dispute (1) (2) (3) for students of the Univ. of Alberta.
- Tell en Nasbeh (Mizpah) Research Project Main Page (Jeffrey R. Zorn),
- J. R. Zorn - Collected Works
- The Beth Shean Valley Archaeological Project - Tel Rehov Excavations
- Tell Balata (Schechem)
- Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project
- Ramat Rachel (Tel Aviv-Heidelberg Project)
- Ashkelon Excavations (The Leon Levy Expedition), and Recent Discoveries at Ashkelon (David Schloen)
- Hazor Excavations
- Bethsaida Excavations Project
- Tel Dor Main Site - General Public Report (2010) - J. R. Zorn's Bibliography
- “Ekron Identity Confirmed”- New Inscription (S. Gitin, T. Dotan and J. Naveh)
- Jericho (La Sapienza)
- Child Burials & Supposed Child Sacrifice - Carthage, Tunisia (Archaeology). See also
- Jeffrey H. Schwartz et. al., “Skeletal Remains from Punic Carthage Do Not Support Systematic Sacrifice of Infants,” PLoS ONE 5(2): e9177. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009177