Shane M. Thompson

Associate Professor of Bible and the Ancient Near , North Carolina Wesleyan University

Shane M. Thompson (Ph.D., Brown University) is Associate Professor of Bible and the Ancient Near East in the Religious Studies Program at North Carolina Wesleyan University. His current research focuses on leisure activities, performance, and power relationships in the ancient Near East. He is the author of Displays of Cultural Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony in the Late Bronze and Iron Age Levant: The Public Presence of Foreign Powers and Local Resistance (Routledge, 2023).

BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

Sports and Games in the Ancient Near East

Shane M. Thompson

Archaeopress Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology 15

Collected essays from specialists in the fields of archaeology, iconography, and textual studies highlight ways in which sports and games were present within the cultic and mythological aspects of life in the ancient Near East. As importantly, they also call attention to the role that sports and games played in ancient societies. READ MORE

Paperback: £35.00

Music in the Ancient Near East

ed. Shane M. Thompson

Archaeopress Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology 14

An interdisciplinary exploration of music in the ancient Near East, this volume examines instruments, performance, and cultural exchange across Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Levant through archaeology, texts, and iconography, highlighting music’s roles in society, ritual, gender, and mobility. READ MORE