Michael Press

Visiting Scholar, Indiana University

Michael Press is an archaeologist and writer living in Bloomington, Indiana. He is the author of Ashkelon 4: The Iron Age Terracottas of Ashkelon and Philistia (2012).

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Written by Michael Press

An ancient mummy lying on its back on cloth, with a dark, blurred background of a room or structure.

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Archaeology

Mummies among us

Before death became a source of disgust and denial, Europeans cheerfully painted with – and ingested – human remains

Michael Press

Vintage photo of people in historical attire dining at a table among ancient stone columns with Egyptian hieroglyphs.

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Global history

Who really owns the past?

Cultural heritage is an ideal imposed from above. It’s time to listen to what communities value about their own histories

Michael Press

Painting of a group of people in colourful clothing sitting on rocks overlooking a vast desert landscape with ruins in the distance.

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Global history

Struggling to see Palestine

For Westerners, the Bible and its prophecies have obscured as much as they’ve revealed about the Holy Land

Michael Press