Ancient Locations

The Department of Linguistics and Philology is a part of the Faculty of Languages, and therefore within the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences. It is responsible for research and education in African and Asian languages and cultures, the European classical languages, as well as linguistics and computational linguistics.

Olof Pedersén

Professor in Assyriology. His research has treated different central aspects of the use of written documentation within the older cultures in the Ancient Near East and the relation between the written and the material historical evidence.

Nearest sites

Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, circa 17.9 km (11.1 mi) east
Dumeir, circa 36.5 km (22.7 mi) south
Tell Aswad, circa 52.3 km (32.5 mi) south
Sadad, Zedad, circa 45.6 km (28.3 mi) north-east
Tell Farzat, circa 53.9 km (33.5 mi) south-west
Baalbek, Heliopolis, circa 42.3 km (26.3 mi) west
Tell Aswad, circa 63.4 km (39.4 mi) south
Dimasqu, Damascus, Dimashq, circa 60.4 km (37.6 mi) south-west
Tell Sheirat, Shayrat, circa 63.8 km (39.6 mi) north-east
Small Temple at Niha, Temple B, circa 64.7 km (40.2 mi) west
Great Temple at Niha, Temple A, circa 64.8 km (40.3 mi) west
Tell Ghasil, circa 54.5 km (33.9 mi) west
Small Temple at Hosn Niha, Temple B, circa 65.9 km (40.9 mi) west
Great Temple at Hosn Niha, Temple A, circa 66 km (41 mi) west
Tell Dalhamiya, circa 66.8 km (41.5 mi) west
Qadesh, Laodicea ad Libanum, circa 66.9 km (41.6 mi) north
Emesa, Hamath-zobah?, Hims, circa 84.3 km (52.4 mi) north
Qatna, Tell Mishrifeh, circa 98.3 km (61.1 mi) north
Krak des Chevaliers, circa 94 km (58.4 mi) north-west
Barkousa, Iustinianoupolis, Burqush, circa 82.3 km (51.2 mi) south-west
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ID 1714, created 5 Apr 2011, 20:14, Last changed 28 Dec 2011, 02:07