In this article, Zornitsa Peeva discusses how the eye played a mediatory role in Mesopotamian art and religion. She draws upon ancient Mesopotamian literature, artifacts, and art to emphasize the eye’s powerful role in Mesopotamian society and cosmology.
Roy Harel’s research article analyzes how synagogue zodiac mosaics, John Chrysostom’s polemical sermons, and late antique Near Eastern material culture reveal the fluidity of cultural association and identity of the Bet Alpha Jewish community as well as the extent of group differentiation in the Near East.
Classicists have long overlooked Thracian art due primarily to a Greek-centric view of the ancient world. Despite this, Ancient Thrace, similar to Greece, had an exceptional material culture that displayed sophisticated craftsmanship that rivaled the quality of Greek art.