Near East
Vol. 2 / No. 1
Expedition News – Fall 1959
The 1959 season’s work of all three of the University Museum Expeditions to the Near East was completed by early […]
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By: Carleton S. Coon
Clever People, These Armenians
Deep in the oven-like summer of 1951 I was obliged, for reasons that have nothing to do with this story, […]
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Vol. 1 / No. 3
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Digging in Iran: Hasanlu, 1958
Expeditions, especially archaeological ones, often produce unexpected results. The last Hasanlu Expedition was no exception. It started slowly with what […]
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Vol. 1 / No. 3
By: Samuel Noah Kramer
A Sumerian Document with Microscopic Cunieform
The Department of Oriental Antiquities in the Louvre in Paris is the fortunate possessor of the remains of a Sumerian […]
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Vol. 1 / No. 3
By: Edith Porada
The Hasanlu Bowl
One glance at the gold bowl from Hasanlu with its varied scenes of gods, heroes, monsters, and men suffices to […]
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Vol. 1 / No. 2
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
An Iranian Drinking Vessel
The mountains of western Iran are today the home of sheep-herding tribesmen as they have been since animals were first […]
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