A New Book about Hittites by Alemko Gluhak

“…Hence it seems “that it was precisely the Hittites who [first] introduced mass deportations (an Ancient Near Eastern form of ethnic cleansing)” (p. 73). The Hittites state was finally destroyed at the end of the 13th century during the incursions of the Sea Peoples. …”
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The Concept of Rebellion/Rebel in the Behistun Inscription: Formal Terminology and Phrases by Adel Allahyari, Assistant Professor Hossein Badamchi

“…Draṷga": Analyzing this term in the context of ancient Near Eastern traditions, particularly concerning the motif of "lie", revealed its dual role as both a political and cultural concept. …”
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Neolithic and medieval virus genomes reveal complex evolution of hepatitis B by Ben Krause-Kyora, Julian Susat, Felix M Key, Denise Kühnert, Esther Bosse, Alexander Immel, Christoph Rinne, Sabin-Christin Kornell, Diego Yepes, Sören Franzenburg, Henrike O Heyne, Thomas Meier, Sandra Lösch, Harald Meller, Susanne Friederich, Nicole Nicklisch, Kurt W Alt, Stefan Schreiber, Andreas Tholey, Alexander Herbig, Almut Nebel, Johannes Krause

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A molecular portrait of maternal sepsis from Byzantine Troy by Alison M Devault, Tatum D Mortimer, Andrew Kitchen, Henrike Kiesewetter, Jacob M Enk, G Brian Golding, John Southon, Melanie Kuch, Ana T Duggan, William Aylward, Shea N Gardner, Jonathan E Allen, Andrew M King, Gerard Wright, Makoto Kuroda, Kengo Kato, Derek EG Briggs, Gino Fornaciari, Edward C Holmes, Hendrik N Poinar, Caitlin S Pepperell

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NEW INSIGHTS ON MUMMIFICATION TECHNIQUES DURING ANCIENT EGYPT'S MIDDLE KINGDOM PERIOD (2055-1782 BC) USING NON-DESTRUCTIVE CT-SCANNING OF THE MUMMY OF LADY AMANIT, PRIESTESS OF H... by Ibrahim Badr, M.Linda Sutherland, Angela M.J. Tooley, Maarten Praet

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Contributions to Anatolian History and Numismatics 11. Eagle omens: Foundations of Cities and Cults at the behest of Zeus by Johannes Nollé

“…The motif of an eagle purloining sacrificial meat is very old; evidence for it takes us back to the times of the Greek poet Archilochos who may have got knowledge about it from Aesop's fables, which have their roots partly in Near Eastern traditions. The use of the motif in connection with the establishment of a city, however, was particularly used in the Hellenistic epoch. …”
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The history of Samos to 439 B. C. by Barron, J, J. P. Barron

“…In the first half of the century they had inaugurated large-scale trade with the Near-Eastern kingdoms and with Kypros. In the second half they were the first to find a new source of silver and tin at Tartessos, Cadiz (638 B.C.). …”

Identify the Factors Affecting the Transition of Necessity Female Nascent Entrepreneurs to Established Entrepreneurship by Reza Kohanhooshnejad, Seyedeh Zahra Mousavi

“…Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 17(2), 204-221.Rudhumbu, N., Du Plessis, E. …”
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