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You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Skip to main content Department of Near Eastern Studies About History of the Department Notable Alumni Faculty Books News Archive Contact Undergraduate Requirements Undergraduate Courses Apply Graduate Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitics Egyptology Assyriology Near Eastern Archaeology/Art PhD Requirements Graduate Courses Admissions Resources People Faculty & Staff Graduate Students Alumni Events Main Menu Visit A&S Magazine Explore JHU Explore JHU Inside the Krieger School Departments, Programs, and Centers Faculty Directory Fields of Study Majors & Minors Student & Faculty Resources Academic Catalog Faculty Handbook Registrar's Office University Policies & Document Library Across Campus Admissions & Aid Johns Hopkins University Website Maps & Directions myJHU × Department of Near Eastern Studies About History of the Department Notable Alumni Faculty Books News Archive Contact Undergraduate Requirements Undergraduate Courses Apply Graduate Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitics Egyptology Assyriology Near Eastern Archaeology/Art PhD Requirements Graduate Courses Admissions Resources People Faculty & Staff Graduate Students Alumni Events Search This Website Previous Slide ◀︎ Next Slide ▶︎ Excavating an Ancient Egyptian Burial Site A team of Johns Hopkins researchers and students, led by Prof. Betsy Bryan, conducts fieldwork at the Temple of the Goddess Mut dig site in Luxor, Egypt. A Hands-on Learning Experience Students recreate an iconic ancient Greek kylix in a course in experiential archaeology. Studying Archaeological Histories From Space Prof. Michael Harrower uses satellites to study archaeological histories. Here, a Worldview-2 satellite image of an oasis near Yanqul, Oman, has been laid over a topographic image from Japan's Advanced Land Observing Satellite. Access the Archaeological Collection on Campus A Near Eastern studies undergraduate class in the JHU Archaeological Museum. Get Involved With Fieldwork Archaeological fieldwork at Kurd Qaburstan in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, led by Prof. Glenn Schwartz. Founded in 1883, the Johns Hopkins University Department of Near Eastern Studies was the first in the United States to offer a PhD in the field. The department offers programs of study leading to the PhD in four areas: Assyriology, Egyptology, Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitic Studies, and Near Eastern Archaeology/Near Eastern Art. News & Announcements February 12, 2020 Lecture with Regine Pruzsinszky Regine Pruzsinszky from University of Freiburg will lecture on “More than Just Music: Thoughts on Musicians in Ancient Near Eastern Society” on Wednesday, March 4 at 5:30 p.m. in Gilman 130G (Near Eastern Studies Seminar Room). February 12, 2020 Lecture with Dr. Virginia Herrmann Attend a lecture with Dr. Virginia Herrmann of Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen on February 27, 5:30 pm, in Gilman 130G. She will present the lecture In the Midst of Mighty Kings: Urbanization and Trade at Bronze and Iron Age Zincirli, Turkey. January 30, 2020 Lecture with Tom Hardwick, Houston Museum of Natural Science Join Near Eastern Studies February 10 for a public lecture, “Buying, Selling, and Displaying Pharaonic Egypt in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries.” Tom Hardwick is the Consulting Curator of Egyptology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. “Buying, Selling, and Displaying Pharaonic Egypt in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries” Monday, February 10, 2020 […] News & Announcements Archive Related Sites The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute Archaeological Museum Hopkins in Egypt Kurdistan Excavations Umm el-Marra Undergraduate Program in Archaeology Sitemap Careers Privacy Statement Emergency Contacts Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube © 2020 Johns Hopkins University, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, Department of Near Eastern Studies, 113 Gilman Hall, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 nes@jhu.edu Phone: 410-516-7499 | Fax: 410-516-5218...