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Ancient Near East History

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Jessica L. Lamont
Yale University
2
Alice Mandell
Johns Hopkins University
3
Bernardo Ballesteros
University of Vienna
4
Tzilla Eshel
Department of Archaeology
5
Bahata Ansumali Mukhopadhyay
Reliance Industries (India)
6
Gad Barnea
University of Haifa
7
Gai Gutherz
Tel Aviv University
8
Reettakaisa Sofia Salo
Unknown
9
Edward Dąbrowa
Jagiellonian University
10
Jae Hee Han
John Brown University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Naming the gods: traditional verse-making in Homer and Old Babylonian Akkadian poetry
Manuscript and Text Cultures (MTC)|2024
17 cit.
2
Yahwistic Identity in the Achaemenid period
Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft|2024
13 cit.
3
Lead isotopes may link the earliest silver hoard from Megiddo to the military campaign of Thutmose III
Archaeometry|2024
4 cit.
4
Some Achaemenid Zoroastrian Echoes in Early Yahwistic Sources
Iran|2025
3 cit.
5
Imitatio Dei, Imitatio Darii: Authority, Assimilation and Afterlife of the Epilogue of Bīsotūn (DB 4:36–92)
Religions|2025
2 cit.
6
The Significance of ṛtācā brzmniy in Xerxes’ Cultic Reform
Iran and the Caucasus|2025
2 cit.
7
Reading Berlin P. 10679 Inside Out
Tel Aviv|2025
1 cit.
8
Deciphering Arachosian Tribute at Persepolis: Orthopraxy and Regulated Gifts in the Achaemenid Empire
Religions|2025
1 cit.
9
Crusader Military Activities on the Carmel Coast: the typology, imaging, and metallography of three swords
Palestine Exploration Quarterly|2025
1 cit.
10
ʾAhyh ʾAsr ʾAhyh: The Achaemenid-Zoroastrian Background of the Burning Bush Pericope
Revista Pistis Praxis|2025
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre
University of Colorado System
2
Alex Nice
Université Libre de Bruxelles
3
Tate Paulette
John Brown University
4
Füsun Özer
Hacettepe University
5
Maria Ivanova
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
6
Lidar Sapir‐Hen
Tel Aviv University
7
Agnete Wisti Lassen
Yale University
8
Axelle Rougeulle
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
9
Lee Clare
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Rom
10
I. A. Nevskai︠a︡
Institute of Endocrinology

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
The Population History of Domestic Sheep Revealed by Paleogenomes
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2024
29 cit.
2
Revisiting Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella) body size change in the southern Levant: A case for anthropogenic impact
PLoS ONE|2022
10 cit.
3
Strategies of Animal Exploitation in Late Iron Age IIA Ḥorvat Tevet (the Jezreel Valley) Reveal Patterns of Royal Economy in Early Monarchic Israel
Palestine Exploration Quarterly|2023
9 cit.
4
Always a Hunter
Near Eastern Archaeology|2022
5 cit.
5
The Temple and the Town at Early Bronze Age I Megiddo: Faunal Evidence for the Emergence of Complexity
Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research|2022
4 cit.
6
The emergence of a nomadic desert polity: an archaeozoological perspective
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences|2022
4 cit.
7
A DOG’S LIFE IN THE IRON AGE OF THE SOUTHERN LEVANT: CONNECTING THE TEXTUAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
Oxford Journal of Archaeology|2023
4 cit.
8
MTaxi: A comparative tool for taxon identification of ultra low coverage ancient genomes
Open Research Europe|2023
4 cit.
9
Animals' paleopathology: Implications on human–animal interaction during the intensification of farming in the Southern Levant
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology|2024
4 cit.
10
Frozen in time: Caprine pen from an early Islamic earthquake complex in Tel Beth Shemesh
Journal of Archaeological Science Reports|2022
3 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
David Reich
Broad Institute
2
Quentin D. Atkinson
University of Auckland
3
Shahal Abbo
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
4
Michael Rowlands
Monash University
5
Erik Trinkaus
Washington University in St. Louis
6
John Steele
Brown University
7
Gregory A. Johnson
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
8
John Chadwick
College of Charleston
9
Israel Finkelstein
Tel Aviv University
10
Martin Zarnkow
Technical University of Munich

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies
Nature Genetics|2006
10.7k cit.
2
Population Structure and Eigenanalysis
PLoS Genetics|2006
5.7k cit.
3
Ancient Admixture in Human History
Genetics|2012
3.2k cit.
4
Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe
Nature|2015
2k cit.
5
Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia
Nature|2010
2k cit.
6
Linkage disequilibrium in the human genome
Nature|2001
1.8k cit.
7
Reconstructing Indian population history
Nature|2009
1.8k cit.
8
The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations
Nature|2016
1.8k cit.
9
Genome-wide patterns of selection in 230 ancient Eurasians
Nature|2015
1.6k cit.
10
Cost-effective, high-throughput DNA sequencing libraries for multiplexed target capture
Genome Research|2012
1.3k cit.

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