New publication by Craig A. Harvey, Emanuele E. Intagliata, and Rubina Raja.

We are very excited and proud to announce that Associate Professor Sarah Croix, who holds UrbNet's second embedment position, will take on the role of Deputy Director of UrbNet starting 1 April.

On March 14, 2025, the workshop “Social and Economic Change in Roman North Africa in the 2nd and 3rd C. AD” took place at the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in Copenhagen, funded by the Centre for Urban Network Evolutions.

The conference Carving the Individual: Self-Representations in Rock-Cut Monuments in the Parthian, Roman, and Sasanian Near East (2nd c. BCE - 3rd c. CE), organized by Olympia Bobou, Ilaria Bucci, and Rubina Raja (Aarhus University) took place at The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters,…

The Oxford Handbook of the Hellenistic and Roman Near East provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of the Near East during the Hellenistic and Roman periods, presenting the latest research on the region's archaeology and cultural heritage.

We are very proud of UrbNet's Deputy Director, Søren M. Sindbæk, who will take up the role of Vice-Dean for Research from 1 April – huge congratulations, Søren!

New publication by Søren M. Sindbæk.

Archaeology has always had the power to fascinate people of all ages. But what if we could get better at inspiring the next generation to actively explore the past themselves?

Review by Marco Ferrario (Trento / Universität Augsburg)