Online ISSN: 2667-0755
Old World publishes contributions in all the humanities which deal with different aspects of the African and Eurasian past. It aims to enrich the academic discourse by promoting high-quality research that moves beyond the conventional Eurocentric paradigms. To achieve this goal, Old World particularly endorses two methodological approaches. On the one hand, the journal is interested in contributions that examine Africa and Eurasia as a networked space, prioritizing connections and exchange over the geographically constrained studies related to political and cultural 'centres' in the past or present. On the other, the journal encourages authors to creatively incorporate into their research elements of ontological frameworks and insightful concepts from the cultures of their study.

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A Preliminary Survey of Rock Art and Early Powers in the Lower Nile Valley during the Late 4th Millennium BC
Combining Geo-Archaeology and Historical Nile Records to Understand Predynastic Settlement Patterns in the Region of the Nile’s First Cataract
Beyond the Ultima Thule on the Open Sea: the Chinese and Western Encounters in Trans-cultural Literary Perspectives
Ancient Greek and Indian Social Contract Theories: a Comparison
Prayojana and Phala: Reception of the Mahābhārata Through Its Commentaries
Comparing Rhetoric in Antiquity: The Greek and Indian Cases in Perspective
A Mediterranean Thesaurus: Substratal Plant Names and Landscape Terms in Latin and Romance
Replacing “Ethnicity” with Investigations of More Specific Identities in the Ancient Nile Valley
New Insights into Middle Nubian Ceramic Traditions at Elephantine: An Attempt for a Better Understanding of Cultural Complexities in Upper Egypt and Nubia
De-Constructing the Pan-Grave Horizon: A Community-based Approach