Amphora is a peer-reviewed journal that is open to new approaches and aims to present original research to a wide readership. The
journal includes feature articles, refereed articles, book reviews and
feature artworks. We welcome contributions from researchers working in a
diverse range of fields, including Classical Studies, Ancient History,
Reception Studies, Digital Humanities, Egyptology and Archaeology
(including pre-historical and historical periods), with a focus on the
ancient Mediterranean and the Near East.
Volume 2 (2021)
This 2021 edition of
Amphora features two peer-reviewed long-form articles and an exhibition
review. The first article, by A D Macdonald, examines the question of
Alexandria’s conceptual location as being considered ‘in’ or ‘out’ of
Egypt and suggests that this discussion has broader implications for the
study of Egyptian Judaism. The second article, by Lauren Murphy,
examines the visual and literary evidence for the introduction of the
cult of Serapis and analyses the cult’s influence on the diverse
inhabitants of Alexandria. The exhibition review, by Katherine Prouting,
provides a short tour of the Pergamon Panorama and analyses its
representation of the ancient world to the modern audience.
Volume 1 (2018)
In both the ancient and the modern world there have always been
topics that are considered ‘unspeakable’ due to their illicit,
embarrassing, or divergent nature from the cultural norm which we
loosely call ‘taboo’. These can range from familial, social, religious,
political, or economic taboos placed on those in the ancient world. In
this volume of Amphora, our contributors explore subjects considered taboo for the people of the ancient world, and the modern people who study them.
The AWOL Index: The bibliographic data presented herein has been programmatically extracted from the content of AWOL - The Ancient World Online (ISSN 2156-2253) and formatted in accordance with a structured data model.
AWOL is a project of Charles E. Jones, Tombros Librarian for Classics and Humanities at the Pattee Library, Penn State University
AWOL began with a series of entries under the heading AWOL on the Ancient World Bloggers Group Blog. I moved it to its own space here beginning in 2009.
The primary focus of the project is notice and comment on open access material relating to the ancient world, but I will also include other kinds of networked information as it comes available.
The ancient world is conceived here as it is at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, my academic home at the time AWOL was launched. That is, from the Pillars of Hercules to the Pacific, from the beginnings of human habitation to the late antique / early Islamic period.
AWOL is the successor to Abzu, a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world, founded at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago in 1994. Together they represent the longest sustained effort to map the development of open digital scholarship in any discipline.
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