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43. Iraqi antiquities dealers of 19th century

Dr Ali Al-Juboori. Emeritus Professor, University of Mosul, Iraq.
51. Reflections

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41. Reflections

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32. Fever!

Dr Heather Baker. Assistant Professor in Ancient Near Eastern History, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto. Academia
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37. The Kassites

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29. Virtual assyriology: RAI 67,Turin

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Dr Tiffany Earley-Spadoni. Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Central Florida. USA.
34. Urartu and digital public engagement

Dr Stefania Ermidoro. Department of Humanities, University of Venice, Italy. Academia
31. Revisiting a Victorian explorer: Layard in the archives

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54. A new history of Assyria, the world’s first empire

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55. The historiography of assyriology

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18. Archaeological conservation

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Dr Fabienne Huber Vuillet. Senior Lecturer, Le Département des sciences de l’Antiquité de l’Université de Genève, Switzerland
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1. Tell Harmal, heart of Eshnunna

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40. Excavating Tell Surghul

Daniel Nicky (“Mr Nicky”). Educator and musician. YouTube.
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Birgül Öğüt. Faculty Member, Orient Department, German Archaeological Institute, Berlin, Germany. Academia
52. Phytoliths in west Asian archaeology

Dr Adelheid Otto, Professor, Institute of Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Munich, Germany.
25. ICAANE: archaeology coming together

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17. Assyrian eye medicine
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60. Back to School in Babylonia

Prof. Amanda Podany, Professor Emeritus, History, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA
48. A new history of the ancient Near East

Dr Louise Pryke, Honorary Associate, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney, Australia. Academia
59. Ishtar then and now

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42. Reflections

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46. The agency of animals

Dr. J. Nicholas Reid, Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, Florida, USA. Academia
56. The Big House

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35. Law And Order in Babylonia

Dr Dahlia Shehata. Assistant Professor in Ancient Near Eastern Philology, University of Wuerzburg, Germany. Academia.
7. Anzu: the many faces of a monster

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38. The power behind the throne

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49. George Smith: the man behind the headlines

Dr Saana Svärd. Associate Professor in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Docent in Assyriology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Dr Shiyanthi Thavapalan. Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, University of Tübingen, Germany. Academia.
19. Colour in Mesopotamia

Dr Ariane Thomas. Head of department, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Antiquities, Louvre. France.
24. A Curator’s Life At The Louvre

Dr Ingolf Thuesen, Professor of archaeology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
25. ICAANE: archaeology coming together

Dr Aaron Tugendhaft. Bard College Berlin, Germany.
14. Images, idols and iconoclasm

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49. George Smith: the man behind the headlines

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61. Yasin Tepe: at the margins of empire

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