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.
Upcoming Lecture with Victoria Jensen
Victoria Jensen from University of California – Berkeley will be giving a lecture “The Cemeteries of Deir el-Ballas: Non-elite burials of the 17th-19th Dynasties and their relationship to the royal palace” at 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 14 at Gilman Hall – Room 130G (Near Eastern Studies Seminar Room).