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Gilgamesh—Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before
A New Translation by Stephen Mitchell
Gilgamesh is at once our newest and our oldest, most venerable epic poem. Unlike Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, which have been broadly known since their composition around the late eighth century B.C. (except during the medieval Dark Age, when Greek learning was largely lost in the West), the first clay tablets inscribed with the Gilgamesh epic were found just 150 years ago, at the ancient Assyrian site of Nineveh in present-day northern Iraq.
Archaeology Odyssey, July/August 2005
Before Tea Leaves: Divination in Ancient Babylonia
Babylonian Liver Omens: The Chapters Manzazu, Padanu and Pan Takalti of the Babylonian Extispicy Series Mainly from Aššurbanipal’s Library (Ulla Koch-Westenholz CNI Publications 25)...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2005
The Temple Menorah—Where Is It?
What is history and what is myth? What is true and what is legendary? Reporting on his 1996 meeting with Pope John Paul II (1978–2005), Israel’s Minister of Religious Affairs Shimon Shetreet reported, according to the Jerusalem Post,...
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2005
The Kitchen Debate
Three Scholars Discuss a Major New Book on History and the Bible
When we received a copy of Kenneth A. Kitchen’s new book, On the Reliability of the Old Testament, we knew that we should review it. Kitchen is one of the world’s leading scholars (he specializes in Egyptology), and the subject matter of the book—how historically accurate is the Bible?—is of central interest to many of our readers. We asked Ronald Hendel, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a columnist for our sister magazine, Bible Review, to review it for us.
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2005
Editors’ Page: We’ll Keep to the Mainstream
Exploring the Roots of Western Culture
Archaeology Odyssey, January/February 2005
Editors’ Page: Who Owns Archaeology?
Certainly not the “Professional Elite”
Archaeology Odyssey, May/June 2005
Editors’ Page: Archaeology Museums in Peril?
A Blow to the Universalist Ideal
Archaeology Odyssey, September/October 2005
Editors’ Page: Making the Book
How an Issue Falls into Place
Archaeology Odyssey, November/December 2005