Sarah E. Bond

1 month ago | pastsimperfect.substack.com | Sarah E. Bond |Sascha Pare

This week, Sara E. Cole, Associate Curator of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Villa) in Los Angeles, discusses the recent exhibition, Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece, and the current state of the Getty Villa following the devastating California fires.

2 months ago | everydayorientalism.wordpress.com | Sarah E. Bond

cover image and (unless stated otherwise) all photos by Fadel AlUtolOn January 27, 2025, Gazan archaeologist Fadel AlUtol and his family joined hundreds of thousands of Gazans in a long walk that brought them from their place of refuge in southern Gaza to Gaza city, in the now liberated northern part of the Strip. “I still have 18km to go”, AlUtol said in a vocal memo sent that morning to one of the members of EO’s editorial team. “It’s fine, we have hope.

Jan 13, 2025 | hyperallergic.com | Sarah E. Bond

We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, please join us as a member. In northeast Sudan lies the Bayuda Desert, home to the Medieval Christian monastery of Ghazali. Although it was abandoned in the 13th century, recent excavations have uncovered several archaeological finds from this monastic community, which thrived in what was once the kingdom of Makuria.

Dec 23, 2024 | hyperallergic.com | Sarah E. Bond

We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, please join us as a member. From sexy frescoes emerging from the ashes to hidden cities surfacing due to Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) scans, archaeologists continue to make discoveries that transform our understanding of the past and how best to preserve it for the future.

Nov 7, 2024 | theculturenewspaper.com | Sarah E. Bond

Following Israel’s first citywide evacuation order for the Lebanese city of Baalbek last month, thousands fled for shelter to the Ancient Roman temples and archaeological remains near the city. The UNESCO World Heritage Site within Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, once called Heliopolis in Greek, contains the famed first-century CE Roman Temple of Jupiter and the second-century CE Temple of Bacchus. But hope that Israel will not bomb the city is rapidly waning.