Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...

Neolithic towns and villages in the Near East -- Early Sumerian cities -- Mesopotamian cities in the late third and second millennia BC -- Cities of the Indus Valley civilization -- Egypt of the ...

1. Introduction. 1.1. Historical background : the ancient Near East in the Late Bronze Age -- 2. Identity as a theoretical framework in the study of ancient art. 2.1. Is identity a valid tool for ...