Destruction is an element of human behaviour that is universally present throughout our history. But what are the driving forces behind these violent acts? Can an underlying motivation be recognised in the archaeological record? This article focuses on the destruction and mutilation of monumental architecture and figurative works, and puts them…[Read more]

The International Style is a theoretical model used to describe various objects from the Eastern Mediterranean Late Bronze Age that exhibit hybrid diagnostic features (iconography, media, form). Resulting in the inability for archaeologists over the past 150 years to identify cultural source. This paper is a reprint of the chapter on colour…[Read more]

This paper is a new examination of the original find context of the Saqqara lion tables (CG 1321–2) in ‘Gallery C’, an underground structure in the Step Pyramid complex. The substructure may date to the 1st millennium BCE, and this structure was likely part of an embalming complex for the Apis or other sacred animals. The adjacent Western Galle…[Read more]

The Egypt Exploration Society archive contains unpublished pencil drawings by A. Klasens of seal impressions found in the Step Pyramid complex of Saqqara. Digitally inked versions of these drawings are published here for the first time. The seal impressions can be sourced to the Northern Galleries of the complex. The impressions were sealed on…[Read more]

During the third millennium B.C.E., Tell Mozan, ancient Urkesh, expanded to include an extensive outer city. A variety of investigations in the outer city reveal a complex urban environment: a mix of planned and unplanned activity with the environment and large municipal works acting as constraining factors on more localized activity.

The relationship between the ‘Two Brothers’ Nakhtankh and Khnumnakht has been heavily debated since the discovery of their mummies in 1907. Re-examining the coffin inscriptions of these two individuals reveals that Nakhtankh and Khnumnakht were likely uncle and nephew.

A brief technical re-examination of a paper by George Mann on the Qau skeletons in the Duckworth collection is undertaken. Taking into account the original data and technical aspects of skeletal sexing, it is shown that old data on skeletal sexing may not always be as unreliable as previously thought. Factors that may introduce errors into this…[Read more]

Buccellati, F. 2019. “Perception in Palatial Architecture: The Case of the AP Palace at Urkesh.” In Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Palaces, edited by M. Bietak, P. Matthiae, and S. Prell, 2:31–40. CAENL 8. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Buccellati, F. 2012. “Wie wird ein Palast gebaut und warum?” In Werte im Widerstreit. Von Bräuten, Muscheln, Geld und Kupfer. Ausstellungskatalog Wiesbaden, edited by P. Breunig and C. Trümpler, 31–34. Frankfurt a. M.

Buccellati, F. 2015. “What Might a Field Archaeologist Want from an Architectural 3D Model?” In How Do We Want the Past to Be? On Methods and Instruments of Visualizing Ancient Reality, edited by M.G. Micale and D. Nadali, 157–69. Piscataway: Gorgias.

Buccellati, F. 2014. “Understanding Households – a Few Thoughts.” In House and Household Economies in 3rd Millennium B.C.E. Syro-Mesopotamia, edited by F. Buccellati, T. Helms, and A. Tamm, 35–42. BAR International 2682. Oxford: Archaeopress.

Buccellati, F., and E. Kansa. 2016. “The Value of Energetic Analysis in Architecture as an Example for Data Sharing.” Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 3: 91–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2016.07.001.

Buccellati, F., N. Dell’Unto, and M. Forte. 2005. “The Tell Mozan/Urkesh Archaeological Project: An Integrated Approach of Spatial Technologies.” In The Reconstruction of Archaeological Landscapes through Digital Technologies: Proceedings of the 2nd Italy-United States Workshop, Rome, Italy, November 3-5, 2003, Berkeley, USA, May 2005, edite…[Read more]

Buccellati, F. 2010. “The Monumental Temple Terrace at Urkesh and its Setting.” In Kulturlandschaft Syrien: Zentrum und Peripherie Festschrift für Jan-Waalke Meyer, edited by J. Becker, R. Hempelmann, and E. Rehm, 71–86. AOAT 371. Münster: Ugarit.

Buccellati, F., T. Helms, and A. Tamm, eds. 2014. House and Household Economies in 3rd Millennium B.C.E. Syro-Mesopotamia. BAR International 2682. Oxford: Archaeopress.

Buccellati, F. 2001. “Digital Photography and Architectural Modeling as Elements of Conservation.” In Gli Opifici Di Urkesh, edited by S. Bonetti, 83–88. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 27. Malibu: Undena.

Buccellati, F. 2014. “Diachronic Developments at the Central Monumental Complex of Ancient Urkesh (Tell Mozan).” In Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: 10 April-4 May, 2012 University of Warsaw, 1:313–22. Wiesbaden: Harassowitz.

Buccellati, F. 2016. “3D Models as Vehicles for Archaeological Research: Stratigraphy, Emplacement and Construction.” Studia Eblaitica 2: 15–22.

Buccellati, F. 2019. “Monumentality: Research Approaches and Methodology.” In Size Matters – Understanding Monumentality Across Ancient Civilizations, edited by F. Buccellati, S. Hageneuer, S. van der Heyden, and F. Levenson, 41–63. Bielefeld: transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389.

Buccellati, F., S. Hageneuer, S. van der Heyden, and F. Levenson. 2019. “Introduction.” In Size Matters – Understanding Monumentality Across Ancient Civilizations, edited by F. Buccellati, S. Hageneuer, S. van der Heyden, and F. Levenson, 11–14. Bielefeld: transcript. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839445389.