A biannual, open access journal through TP London Press. We publish peer-reviewed scholarship on Anatolia, Egypt, the Levant, and Mesopotamia from the third through first millennia BCE that crosses and disrupts disciplinary boundaries.https://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mpgmvtb4fk2nDon't you forget about AVAR this Summer as you write, write, write. https://static.klipy.com/ii/39f2394ae36df6e199be9eb7c9fa1012/5e/e3/zlZLb2qO.gif?hh=249&ww=498&mp4=YSqoR7pmfM5rj8&webm=E33EE2QrpiuXkwO29 Jun 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgmvtb4fk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mm4ga3ob5k24Don't forget about us this Summer. Publish your interdisciplinary article with Avar! https://avarjournal.com/avar/submissionprepchecklist18 May 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4ga3ob5k24https://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mkz2hag6a224Happy end-of-the-semester to those who are currently celebrating! Working on something you want to submit to Avar? Let us know how we can help. https://media.tenor.com/VDp0e7-oMUIAAAAC/team-updates.gif?hh=323&ww=49804 May 2026 06:33 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkz2hag6a224https://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mjecesmddk2xPublish with Avar! https://avarjournal.com/avar/submissionprepchecklist13 Apr 2026 07:03 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjecesmddk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mibbk6drk22iHey! We'd love to publish your work! https://media.tenor.com/BZ8XiH5DpWQAAAAC/hey.gif?hh=200&ww=35430 Mar 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibbk6drk22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mh5wvfplms2jAre you doing interdisciplinary work on Anatolia, the Levant, Egypt, and Mesopotamia from the third through the first millennia BCE? Publish with Avar! https://avarjournal.com/avar/submissionprepchecklist16 Mar 2026 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5wvfplms2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mg2r2mls6c2lDo you have an article looking for a good home? We'd love to be that space. Use the QR code to find our submission guidelines.02 Mar 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2r2mls6c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mfjl6xxq5c2dYou've just read Avar 4.2, but Avar 5 begins our Rolling Issues! This means we will have your work online first, so you don't have to wait until all articles are compiled to share. We'd love your submissions: https://avarjournal.com/avar/submissionprepchecklist23 Feb 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfjl6xxq5c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mexn3fjxec2kLast but not least in Avar 4.2 is Matthew Ong's article, "Broad-scale Patterns in the Distribution of Ethnic Names in the Neo-Babylonian Oracc Corpus." 🧵(1/3) https://media.tenor.com/iMVQt_NrBEkAAAAC/hello-indigo.gif?hh=269&ww=49816 Feb 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mexn3fjxec2khttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3meg2k52n6225Samuel Boyd's article, the fourth in our recent issue, is called "Birds of a Feather: Animal Criticism, Domestication, and The Use of Bird Imagery and Metaphor in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes." 🧵 (1/3) https://media.tenor.com/siCDl1WPoeYAAAAC/yes-oh-yes.gif?hh=295&ww=49809 Feb 2026 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3meg2k52n6225https://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mdui33tnoc2qOur third article in the latest issue is by David Mulder, entitled "Temple/Herd: Mesopotamian Visions of Animal Community in the Early Third Millennium BCE." 🧵 (1/3) https://media.tenor.com/KT8BslOE_XYAAAAC/goofys-glider-escape-farm.gif?hh=368&ww=49802 Feb 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdui33tnoc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mdff7isxxs2hThe second article in our latest issue is called "Tiny Dancers: An Archaeological View of Hidden Figures on the Mari Plaque," by Anne Porter. 🧵(1/3) https://media.tenor.com/7caPyOvKY_cAAAAC/elton-john-playing-piano.gif?hh=278&ww=49827 Jan 2026 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdff7isxxs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mcrdqmzmac2xIt's Monday, and we're featuring the first article in our recently released issue by Ada Taggar Cohen, "Divine Approval and Support of the King Going into War: The Case of King Saul, Biblical and Hittite Descriptions." 🧵(1/3) https://media.tenor.com/RbhrNFfY_BcAAAAC/kermitthefrog-dance.gif?hh=244&ww=24419 Jan 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcrdqmzmac2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mc7vo36ij22rWe're following up on your weekend homework. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jan 2026 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc7vo36ij22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3mbz3w5j4es26Need some weekend reading? Avar 4.2 is LIVE! https://avarjournal.com/avar/issue/view/13209 Jan 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbz3w5j4es26https://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3m7hpsqcmtk22We're sending proofs out and getting excited for you all to enjoy Avar 4.2 before ringing in the New Year! https://media.tenor.com/bgGPny4bHuwAAAAC/goodafternoon-kevin.gif?hh=331&ww=49808 Dec 2025 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7hpsqcmtk22https://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3m6fev2532k2pWe are thrilled that, 2026 onwards, we are moving to the online-first model!24 Nov 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6fev2532k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3m65km7gzgc27Hey @asor-research.bsky.social and #aarsbl25 attendees: three of our four journal editors are in Boston and would love to talk with you about submitting your work to us. Come find Eric Trinka, Isaac Alderman, and/or Alexiana Fry (@alexianafry.bsky.social) if you have questions or an idea!21 Nov 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65km7gzgc27https://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3m5vca6z6rc2eWe are pleased to announce the long-awaited news: Avar is transitioning into a hybrid style, online-first model beginning with issue 5.1! See our announcement at https://avarjournal.com/avar/announcement/view/46.18 Nov 2025 08:14 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vca6z6rc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3m5b6xsbnzs2vWe're excited to announce our news NEXT WEEK as ASOR, AAR, and SBL fast approach!10 Nov 2025 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5b6xsbnzs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3m4pn3f2w2s26We announce our news THIS MONTH!03 Nov 2025 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4pn3f2w2s26https://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3m45wzrw5ic2dWe can not wait to share with you what's coming next (besides another issue still to release this year)!27 Oct 2025 07:57 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m45wzrw5ic2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3m3mc4lj3ak2hThe countdown begins. One month until our announcement about a change for AVAR!20 Oct 2025 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3mc4lj3ak2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3lzg6qjieec2qWe're slowly getting edits back for the articles you'll soon read for AVAR 4.2! https://media.tenor.com/bJfmef3QLw4AAAAC/the-office-ellie-kemper.gif?hh=240&ww=42622 Sep 2025 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzg6qjieec2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3lyud4yapqc2dWe're a young journal, so we are back to our current issue this Monday: AVAR 4.1, a special issue on Mobility and Migration in the ANE! https://avarjournal.com/avar/issue/view/131 https://media.tenor.com/siCDl1WPoeYAAAAC/yes-oh-yes.gif?hh=295&ww=49815 Sep 2025 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyud4yapqc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3lycnrwin4k2lGOOD MONDAY MORNING! AVAR 3.2 has three articles, from @alexianafry.bsky.social, Jacob Dahl, Robert Miller II, and Jonathon Riley. https://avarjournal.com/avar/issue/view/130 https://media.tenor.com/DPkL9p0Y-IMAAAAC/kpop-kpdh.gif?hh=281&ww=49808 Sep 2025 07:14 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lycnrwin4k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3lxro6e4zzs2gAVAR 3.1 holds a host of admirable articles from Timothy Hogue, Eric Wagner, Emanuel Pfoh, and Ekaterina Kozlova. ENJOY: https://avarjournal.com/avar/issue/view/129 https://media.tenor.com/qRY8K0vVpAsAAAAC/napoleon-dynamite-party-animal.gif?hh=284&ww=25001 Sep 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxro6e4zzs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3lx7inmvfsc2uThis Monday, we're featuring AVAR 2.2, a special issue spearheaded by Zachary Rubin on Knowledge Construction in the ANE. Articles are by @sophushelle.bsky.social, @cwjones.bsky.social, Christian Casey, @nabalkattu.bsky.social, Walker Rhea, and Kay White! https://avarjournal.com/avar/issue/view/128 https://media.tenor.com/BW79x4OUJnAAAAAC/whoopdidy-scoop.gif?hh=498&ww=49825 Aug 2025 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx7inmvfsc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/avartnp.bsky.social/post/3lwntkmbmts2xAnother Monday, another archive! AVAR 2.1 was special issue "Parenthood in the ANE" edited by Kristine Henriksen Garroway, with articles from Katrien De Graef, Luciana Urbano, Agnes Garcia-Ventura, Mireia López-Bertran, Sarah Fein, Anja Marschall, and Carol Meyers: https://avarjournal.com/avar/issue/view/127 https://media.tenor.com/Z-BaFpeOFOAAAAAC/yes.gif?hh=280&ww=49818 Aug 2025 07:06 +0000at://did:plc:o7j2e4myyoernugaj5eulvhe/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwntkmbmts2x