The International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East has been organised since 1998 by the scientific community of scholars working on and in the Near East. It is an exceptional forum for dialogue and scientific exchanges between all colleagues involved in the study of the Ancient Near East. After twelve years, the ICAANE comes back to France to the city of lights Lyon. From June 2 to 7 2025, the fourteenth International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East will take place in Lyon. It is organised by the Université Lumière Lyon 2 and the Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée.

 Proceedings of the 14th ICAANE

Following the congress in Lyon, and after this extended period without updates, we are launching the editorial process for the proceedings of the 14th ICAANE, to be published by Harrassowitz Verlag. Only papers and posters presented in the general sessions and poster session are eligible (workshops are not included).
Please note our new official contact address for all inquiries and submissions from now on is: 14icaane@gmail.com

• Intention to publish: To confirm whether you intend to submit a contribution to the proceedings, kindly send us the corresponding author name and title before the 31 of October 2025 via this form: https://forms.office.com/e/41D1qB64KV
• Full paper submission deadline: 7 March 2026. This schedule preserves adequate time for peer review and revisions prior to production.

A deposit box is provided, and already open, for uploading manuscripts, figures, and tables:
Deposit box

Author guidelines (short version): 

•  Language: English preferred; French accepted.
• Length limits: up to 30,000 characters for oral papers; 15,000 characters for posters (including abstract, spaces, footnotes, summary, captions, bibliography).
• File formats: Word-compatible text; figures as separate TIFF/JPG files; grayscale photos 300 dpi minimum, line drawings 600 dpi minimum; tables as Excel-compatible files.
• References: Harvard system in-text; full examples in the guidelines.
• Figure placement: figures and tables reproduced at the end of each paper; include captions; also provide one light PDF combining text and images for reference.
• We kindly ask you to review your paper thoroughly and ensure that it has been proofread by a native English speaker before submission.
• For full specifications, please consult the 14th ICAANE Publication Guidelines.

• Detailed program (.pdf)
• ICAANE book abstracts (.pdf)
• Videos of the congress

The city of Lyon and the Near East have a long-lasting connection.  Between 170 and 200 CE, Saint Irénée- born in Turkey and appointed bishop of Lyon- was accompanied by a group of scholars and missionaries who brought the good word from the East ‘source de tous les biens’ according to J. Pouilloux (founder of Maison de l’Orient) in his introduction to the catalogue of the exhibition entitled “Dix Années d'archéologie Lyonnaise en Orient”, which took place in Lyon in 1978. This bond has never been broken. In 1975, a group of archaeologists working on the ancient of Near East created the Maison de l’Orient to conduct multidisciplinary research and to develop academic courses at the University Lyon 2. Since then, several research units develop research programmes on the Near East. Archéorient is specialized in the study of archaeology, environment, and texts of Southwest Asia from Prehistoric to Islamic times. ArAr focuses on archaeology and archaeometry while HiSoMA combines both texts and archaeological documentation to study the ancient Mediterranean from the Iron Age to the Medieval times. In addition, a specialised library is regularly sustained by old and recent publications and books regarding the Near East and Mediterranean archaeology. And, several technical platforms in archaeological methods, archives, edition, and computer sciences are associated to the Maison de l’Orient. Along with the research units, The University Lyon 2 proposes a bachelor degree in archaeology and History of Arts with several courses on the ancient Near East. The faculty ‘Temps et territoires’ offers three Master degrees specialized on the archaeology of Ancient East and the Mediterranean along with two intensive programs on Egyptology and Assyriology. 
 
The 14th ICAANE Lyon proposes eight thematic sessions covering interdisciplinary research and new approaches of the archaeology of the Ancient Near East, from Prehistoric to Islamic times.

• Advances in Near Eastern Archaeology
• Natural resources and anthropised landscapes
• Heritage and archaeology
• The materiality of inscribed and figurative objects
• Neolithic paths
• Life and death: Human behaviour and practices
• Characterizing culture?
• Islamic archaeology

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