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Tagged: Middle East Studies Center

  • McClimans, Middle East Studies Center awarded grant for food sovereignty initiative

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    The Seeds of Middle Eastern Culture led by Melinda McClimans, assistant director of the Middle East Studies Center (MESC) recently was awarded a $10,000 Documenting Impact Grant by the Office of Outreach and Engagement.

  • A sweeping study of 7,000 years of monuments in South Arabia

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    New research brings together 7,000 years of history in South Arabia to show how ancient pastoralists changed placement and construction of monuments over time in the face of environmental and cultural forces.

    In a study published today (May 28, 2025) in PLOS One, an international team of archaeologists documents how monuments changed as the climate transitioned from a humid environment to, eventually, an arid desert.