Lachish in the Early Iron Age

The Canaanite city of Lachish was destroyed in the 12th century BCE. It is unclear as to who was responsible … More

Lachish in the Bronze Age

Tel-Lachish was probably first settled in the fourth millennia BCE by early Bronze Age farmers. By the third millennia it … More

The site of Tel-Lachish or Tel- Duveir lies 25 miles south west of Jerusalem adjacent to the coastal hill range. … More

Tel Lachish Photo by orientalizing (https://www.flickr.com/photos/orientalizing/) Last July I published 3 posts about the capture of the ancient city of … More

I was recently asked to write a short piece on where I would most like to visit – archaeologically speaking. … More

Amazingly our understanding of the texts have been advanced in the last few months. Last year a cuneiform tablet was … More

George Smith was born into a working-class family in Chelsea, London, on March 26, 1840. He had a limited education … More

The last of the Mesopotamian flood myths we have is that of Zuisudra. We actually know very little about it … More

The most well-known of the epics is that of Gilgamesh. Like Attrahasis a significant number of tablets were discovered at … More

Like many ancient civilisations the peoples of Mesopotamia had accounts of flood myths. To date we know of three versions … More