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

Tell Umm el-Juren, circa 1141 m (1247 yd) south-east
Ramoth Gilead, circa 6.3 km (3.9 mi) south-east
Arbela, Beth Arbel, circa 10.1 km (6.3 mi) west
Dara thater, circa 14.4 km (9 mi) east
Edrei, Dera, Dara, Adraa, circa 14.6 km (9.1 mi) east
Juhfiyeh, Johfiyeh, circa 16.3 km (10.1 mi) south-west
Ya'Amun, circa 22.2 km (13.8 mi) south
Astartu, Ashtaroth, Tell Ashtarah, circa 24.3 km (15.1 mi) north
Golan, circa 22.9 km (14.3 mi) north
Kufr Khall, circa 26.8 km (16.7 mi) south
Gadara, Antiochia Semiramis, Umm Qais, circa 26.1 km (16.2 mi) west
Aphek, Fiq, circa 31 km (19.3 mi) north-west
Hamath Gader, circa 28.2 km (17.5 mi) west
Tell Zeraa, circa 27.5 km (17.1 mi) west
Gerasa, Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam, Jarash, circa 35.1 km (21.8 mi) south
Hippos, circa 33.9 km (21.1 mi) north-west
Gilgal Refaim, Rujm el-Hiri, circa 37.6 km (23.4 mi) north-west
Sennabris, Ginnabris, Sinn-en-Nabra, Philoteria, Khirbet Kerak, Tel Bet Yerah, circa 37.6 km (23.4 mi) west
Pihilu, Pella, Khirbet Fahl, circa 35.1 km (21.8 mi) south-west
Jabesh Gilead, circa 39.5 km (24.5 mi) south-west
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