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Ancient Near East

  • Man sitting on top of a mountain with mountains in background.
    Nomads and Networks: Iron and Bronze

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  • A rider on horseback in a dirt-floored building.
    Nomads and Networks in the Field: At a Galloping Pace

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  • Half of a broken bronze bracelet, covered in green and white patina, next to an archaeological centimeter scale, on a red surface.
    Nomads and Networks in the Field: Going for the Bronze

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  • White parachute tented on poles over people digging.
    Nomads and Networks in the Field: The Parachute Edition

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  • Leaf covered branched heavy with apricots.
    Nomads and Networks in the Field: Everyday Life in the Iron Age

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  • People digging in large square hole.
    Nomads and Networks in the Field: Introducing Tuzusai

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  • Panorama image of plowed soybean fields with trees in the distance.
    Nomads, Networks, and Bloggers: Live from Kazakhstan

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