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Archaeological Sites in the Near East - http://www.etana.org/abzu/
List of links maintained by the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. |
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Archaeology in the Levant - http://weber.ucsd.edu/Depts/Anthro/classes/tlevy/
The University of California San Diego reports on its projects in Israel and Jordan. |
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Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project - http://www.utarp.org/
A multi-year excavation and survey project aimed at defining archaeological correlates of ancient imperialism, colonialism and culture contact in the Mesopotamian frontier zone. |
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The Joint Prehistoric Project - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/PRE/Prehistoric.html
The Joint Prehistoric Project comprises several archaeological expeditions in Iraq, Iran, and Turkey dating from 1947. All of these separate excavations, however, sought the solution to a general problem: "How are we to understand those great changes in mankind's way of life which attended the first appearance of the settled village-farming community?" |
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Oriental Institute Museum: Mesopotamia - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/HIGH/OI_Museum_Mesopotamia.html
Images and descriptions of objects in the University of Chicago center's collection. |
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The Jazira Project - http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/JAZ/Jazira.html
Report of the Oriental Institute's geomorphological projects within the Jazira of Syria, Turkey and Iraq. |
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History of the Ancient Near East - http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/
Mark McDonald provides information and links on the archaeological sites of the region from Turkey to Southwestern Iran. |
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Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamia - http://www.ianlawton.com/mes1.htm
A description including: emergence, excavation, discovery and decipherment, reconstructing history, and a table of Mesopotamian chronology. |
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Archaeologists Excavate Monastery to Reveal Gaza Strip's Ancient Lineage - http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=19621
From Ekathimerini, away from the ongoing violence, researchers uncover the vestiges of Palestine's Byzantine past. |
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Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Undergraduate Student Association Website - http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/nmcusa/
Devoted to the study of the ancient (from c. 3100 BCE) and contemporary cultures found within modern day Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Rhodes, Cyprus, Iraq, (to some extent Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Republic of Georgia) and western Iran. |