stiebing jr

This new edition offers an historical overview of the civilizations of the ancient Near East spanning ten thousand years of history through text, images, maps, and historical documents. It remains crucial textbook for all studying the ancient Near East.

William H. Stiebing, Jr. is Seraphia D. Leyda Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of New Orleans, U.S.A. He is the author of four books (including Out of the Desert?: Archaeology and the Exodus/Conquest Narratives) and many articles, and book chapters on pseudoscience, archaeology, ancient history, and biblical studies.

Susan N. Helft is an independent researcher. She has taught courses on the art and archaeology of the ancient Near East at Bryn Mawr College, Rutgers University Newark and Fordham University and published on Anatolian art, the Bronze Age and the Hittite Empire.