ICAANE
ICAANE stands for the International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. It's like a big gathering of people who study really old things from countries like Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.
Imagine you have a bunch of toys that are really old, like your great-great-great-great-great-grandpa's toys. And imagine that your friends also have old toys that belonged to their great-great-great-great-great-grandpas.
Now, you all want to get together and talk about your toys - where they came from, what they were used for, and how they got to where they are now. That's kind of what ICAANE is like, except instead of toys, it's really old things like buildings, pottery, and artwork.
People who come to ICAANE might talk about how they found an old temple in Iraq and what it reveals about the religion of the people who lived there thousands of years ago. Or they might talk about how they studied pottery from ancient Syria and found out that the people who made it were really good at making it thin and delicate.
So, ICAANE is a big get-together where people who love old things from the ancient Near East come together to talk about what they've found and what they've learned.
Imagine you have a bunch of toys that are really old, like your great-great-great-great-great-grandpa's toys. And imagine that your friends also have old toys that belonged to their great-great-great-great-great-grandpas.
Now, you all want to get together and talk about your toys - where they came from, what they were used for, and how they got to where they are now. That's kind of what ICAANE is like, except instead of toys, it's really old things like buildings, pottery, and artwork.
People who come to ICAANE might talk about how they found an old temple in Iraq and what it reveals about the religion of the people who lived there thousands of years ago. Or they might talk about how they studied pottery from ancient Syria and found out that the people who made it were really good at making it thin and delicate.
So, ICAANE is a big get-together where people who love old things from the ancient Near East come together to talk about what they've found and what they've learned.