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Dr. Kiersten Neumann

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Art historian–archaeologist–curator🖌️
Assyria–Persia–Arabia🌍
Cultural Heritage–Senses🪻
Curator @isac_uchicago🪷
Lecturer, Art History @uchicago
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Profoundly grateful to all who contributed and supported this ambitious project 🖤
#surrealsensation #thebesttactileengagement #fromfantasytoreality #sensorystudies

“This Handbook is a state-of-the-field volume containing diverse approaches to sensory experience, bringing to life in an innovative, remarkably vivid, and visceral way the lives of past humans through contributions that cover the chronological and geographical expanse of the ancient Near East.

It comprises thirty-two chapters written by leading international contributors that look at the ways in which humans, through their senses, experienced their lives and the world around them in the ancient Near East, with coverage of Anatolia, Egypt, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Syria, and Persia, from the Neolithic through the Roman period. It is organised into six parts related to sensory contexts: Practice, production, and taskscape; Dress and the body; Ritualised practice and ceremonial spaces; Death and burial; Science, medicine, and aesthetics; and Languages and semantic fields. In addition to exploring what makes each sensory context unique, this organisation facilitates cross-cultural and cross-chronological, as well as cross-sensory and multisensory comparisons and discussions of sensory experiences in the ancient world. In so doing, the volume also enables considerations of senses beyond the five-sense model of Western philosophy (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell), including proprioception and interoception, and the phenomena of synaesthesia and kinaesthesia.

The Routledge Handbook of the Senses in the Ancient Near East provides scholars and students within the field of ancient Near Eastern studies new perspectives on and conceptions of familiar spaces, places, and practices, as well as material culture and texts. It also allows scholars and students from adjacent fields such as Classics and Biblical Studies to engage with this material, and is a must-read for any scholar or student interested in or already engaged with the field of sensory studies in any period.”

Print & eBook: routledge.com/9780367235284 by @knpazuzu

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✨🎨 Now available for all your coloring dreams — “Megiddo Ivories Coloring Book” 🖍️✨

The ivories I worked with during exhibit prep felt like they were just waiting to be reimagined in color. That idea turned into this booklet, and I’m so excited to finally share it—with extra love to my nieces, whose creativity and inspiration helped shape it!

“Uncover the art of the ancient world through 25 hand-drawn illustrations based on carved ivories from Megiddo, a powerful city in the Late Bronze Age. These ivories—once part of furniture, boxes, and other luxury items—show animals, humans, gods, and beautiful patterns drawn from the diverse cultures of West Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. This coloring book invites children and adults alike to engage with history through bold colors and rich imagery—a unique window into a deeply connected world.”

Created for the ISAC Museum special exhibition “Megiddo: A City Unearthed, A Past Imagined” (Sep 18, 2025–Mar 15, 2026) — 32 pages, Softcover, $7.99, ISBN: 978-1-61491-134-0
▶️ https://isac.uchicago.edu/research/publications/misc/megiddo-ivories-coloring-book by @knpazuzu

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It’s here! 📖

“Scribal Worlds: Scholarship and classification in cuneiform cultures” is officially out today from UCL Press @uclpress— in print and free open access PDF.

Co-editing this volume with Jay Crisostomo and Eduardo Escobar, in honor of Niek Veldhuis, has been one of the most meaningful projects I’ve worked on. Endless thanks to every contributor who poured time and thought into it, and to Niek for bringing us together and for years of genuine support, being a fountain of knowledge, and exuding endless excitement for this field. Here’s to “squeezing juice out of stones” 🪨 ✍️

https://uclpress.co.uk/book/scribal-worlds/

#cuneiform #assyriology #scholarship #classification #writingcultures by @knpazuzu

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Dr. Kiersten Neumann
explains the Assyrian palace relief from Nimrud, by artist Michael Rakowitz. by @knpazuzu

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🍁 taken in British Columbia by @knpazuzu

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‘tis the season #pazuzu taken in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures by @knpazuzu

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An evening with @newberrylibrary’s most ominous, creepy, and absurd items: “Strange Americana”—including an illustrated “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Poe, Salem witch trials, 1867 Horribles Parade, and the creepiest of postcards, led by Vice President of Collection and Library Services and Curator of Americana, Will Hansen—and “Curious Costumes,” such as “Les fleurs animées” and the vibrant illustrations of a 1583 bible, brought to life by Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, Dr. Suzanne Karr Schmidt. Thanks, @ladydisdaine, for a perfectly spooky evening ☠️ 🐦‍⬛ 👻 📖 #halloweenseason taken in Newberry Library by @knpazuzu

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As part of the ISAC Museum's special exhibition, "Hartapu: The Forgotten King of Anatolia," ISAC Museum Curator and Special Exhibits Coordinator, Kiersten Neumann (@knpazuzu), has curated a case in the ISAC Museum Orientation area in the Mesopotamian Gallery. This case tells the story of Hans Henning von der Osten's visit to the site of Gavurkalesi in 1927 and again in 1930 during the Anatolian-Hittite Expedition. They recorded rock reliefs that probably date to the Late Bronze Age (14th–13th centuries BCE) that show three deities: two male deities wearing conical hats processing towards a seated female deity, also wearing a conical hat. As Neumann notes on the object label, "The conical hat appears not only in monumental but also miniature object worlds." This is demonstrated by a figurine fragment excavated at the site of Alişar Hüyük in 1929 which accompanies the photographs, leather expedition album from 1930, and publication from 1927 in the case. by @knpazuzu

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an epic adventure of music + mud @riot_fest 🤘🎶 #chicagopunkculture taken in Douglass Park by @knpazuzu

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A glimpse into the incredible Assyrian antiquities preserved in Chicago (ISAC) Museum pieces of a civilization that left its mark on history. by @knpazuzu

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Three new works by SaraNoa Mark (@saran0a) are on exhibition in the ISAC Museum in connection with the special exhibition, "Hartapu: The Forgotten King of Anatolia." Displayed in the Syro-Anatolian Gallery and the Special Exhibit Gallery and curated by Kiersten Neumann (@knpazuzu), these works reflect on landscape, memory, and the labor and care of preserving the past. Mark developed the works in conversation with archaeologist Akiva Sanders, whose series of essays about them appears in his Substack newsletter, "Surviving the Flood": https://bit.ly/SubstackDraggingtheMonumentsAway by @knpazuzu

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Who doesn’t love crafts and a scavenger hunt?! Spent a lovely morning with a wonderful group from the @acfchicago chatting about animals, motifs, and color in Assyrian art, followed by deep “scavenger hunt” looking at objects and making Assyrian flags with tissue paper ❤️𖢗💙 & coloring rosette headbands 🌼 taken in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures by @knpazuzu

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