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Sebastian HageneuerArchaeoBasti@mastodon.online
2025-07-07

ICYMI: šŸŗ How did light shape religious experience in ancient Mesopotamian temples?

We investigated this by reconstructing and analysing lighting conditions in four common types of sacred architecture from the ancient Near East.

Using standardised 3D models, we simulated how natural light entered temple spaces.

šŸ” Read more about our approach and results here:
šŸ”— artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-

#DigitalArchaeology #AncientNearEast #Mesopotamia #3DModeling #SacredArchitecture #Archaeology #OpenScience

This image shows an example of the interior of a Mesopotamian temple. Light from the next room shines into the dimly lit cella. Ā© artefacts-berlin.de

Why do people tame animals — and how did it start in the ancient Near East? This review of Brentjes’ classic explores domestication, science, and society as it is covered in a book.
#Domestication #AncientNearEast #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives
Petzsch, Hans. 1964. ā€œB. Brentjes, Wildtier Und Haustier Im Alten Orient, Berlin 1962ā€. EAZ – Ethnographisch-Archaeologische Zeitschrift 5 (2):165‐167 (in German).
doi.org/10.54799/TPZK9963

This conference report (1970) from our archives covers a workshop on the social structure of the Ancient Near East in the 2nd millennium BC.
#AncientNearEast #Mesopotamia #Assyriology #EAZ #EAZArchives
doi.org/10.54799/GMVC9094

Amaury H :blobcatpirate:amaury_h@freeradical.zone
2024-12-11

My dear colleagues from Routes de l'Orient are organizing a 3-days symposium on the archaeology of the Arabic peninsula at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris next days. They can be followed under these links:
DAY 1: youtube.com/watch?v=YT_NxkjHre
DAY 2: youtube.com/watch?v=pUjcJIUt2L
DAY 3: youtube.com/watch?v=vJI2Ws4LQj

The programm is here : surlesroutesdarabie.com/

#archeodon #archaeology #archƩologie #ancientneareast #ancientsouthwestasia #histodon #ancientroads

Illustration of the arabic peninsula, crossed by camel roads and surrouded by boats itinerary.
Sirius BusinessSiriusBusiness@mas.to
2024-09-19

Mythological Traditions from Late Bronze Age #Ugarit to the #Levant (Phoenicia) in the 1st Millennium BCE

#AncientNearEast #BronzeAge #Phoenicia #Mythology #AncientReligions
academia.edu/45390507/

2024-09-10

153 views in less than a week, of the OA article on the Archaeology of the Vedi River Valley in the Bulletin of @asoresearch Thank you everyone! #ancientneareast Read at: doi.org/10.1086/732090

article webpage with viewing statistics
Amaury H :blobcatpirate:amaury_h@freeradical.zone
2024-07-22

A little experimental style with the first and the last plans of the Sin temple, 3rd millenium Khafajeh.

#ane #ancientneareast #archeodon

Superposed plans of a 3rd millenium sud-mesopotamian temple from Khafajeh. The oldest one, in green, is put over the last, in purple-blue. The temple cella stood more or less at the same place, but the dimensions are much bigger in the recent building.

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