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Naqš-i Rustam
Little noticed by the visitors, a couple of eagles guard Naqš-i Rustam. Naqš-i Rustam, where the Achaemenid kings lie buried and the Sasanian kings proclaimed how they had defeated Roman emperors, is … more →
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Moving Livius.org (15)
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Jona Lendering wrote 1 week ago: Taq-e Bostan If I say that Naqš-i Rajab has moved to this URL, and if I add that Zeugma is now here, … more →
Naqš-i Rustam
Jona Lendering wrote 1 week ago: Little noticed by the visitors, a couple of eagles guard Naqš-i Rustam. Naqš-i Rustam, where the Ach … more →
Two Poorly Understood Sites
Jona Lendering wrote 2 weeks ago: Rujm al-Malfouf To be honest, I wanted to call this topic “two mysterious sites”, but as … more →
Common Errors: Summing up
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Jona Lendering wrote 1 month ago: Spijkers op laag water Today, my little book on common errors, Spijkers op laag water, becomes avail … more →
Bishapur’s New Museum
Jona Lendering wrote 1 month ago: Ardašir I I was writing my book on Alexander the Great when I visited Iran for the first time. We ha … more →
New Excavations at Ecbatana
Jona Lendering wrote 1 month ago: The Parthian town I like Hamadan. Once the main settlement of the Medians, it is now a large town th … more →
In need of a holiday
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Jona Lendering wrote 1 month ago: Confused As my Dutch readers probably know, I publish a newsletter every month, a bit like David Mea … more →
Claudian Army Reforms
Jona Lendering wrote 2 months ago: Diploma of an Isaurian auxiliary soldier named Lualis, from Weissenburg (Germany) Cassius Dio knew t … more →
The Everest Fallacy
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Jona Lendering wrote 2 months ago: Not a typical Senator “Everest Fallacy“ is a little-known name of an often made logical … more →
Spijkers op laag water
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Jona Lendering wrote 2 months ago: Spijkers op laag water Only once have I visited a drydock, but I immediately understood what the Dut … more →
Decapolis and Capitals
Jona Lendering wrote 2 months ago: The ruins of Scythopolis, one of the towns of the Decapolis Continuing my series of articles on Jord … more →
The Nabataeans
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Jona Lendering wrote 2 months ago: Roman coin, commemorating the annexation of Nabataea (Valkhof, Nijmegen) The Nabataeans were an Arab … more →
Battle of Qarqar (853 BCE)
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Jona Lendering wrote 2 months ago: Statue of Šalmaneser III from Aššur (Arkeoloji Müzesi, Istanbul) I did not intend to write about the … more →
Inscriptions from Jordan
Jona Lendering wrote 2 months ago: Funeral inscription from Madaba (Louvre) The regular readers will by now have realized that I am cur … more →
Edom and Idumea
Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: Edom and its neighbors Edom was one of the Iron Age states adjacent to the kingdom of Judah. It is a … more →
Ammon
Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: The Jabbok Continuing my series on the antiquities of Jordan, here’s the second piece: the Amm … more →
Moab
Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: Moab and its neighbors As I will be visiting Jordan pretty soon, I am reading a bit about the histor … more →
Plans
Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: Writing can be fun Some time ago, I invited you to mention subjects you’d like to see on the L … more →
The Odyssey
Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: Another anonymous avenger Finishing my series of articles on Troy, Wilusa, the Trojan War, and the E … more →
