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D. Montanari
2024 "La regione interna della Palestina a sud di Gerusalemme nella West Bank: recenti scoperte a Betlemme": M. Ramazzotti (ed.), Costeggiando l’Eurasia/Coasting Eurasia. Archeologia del paesaggio e geografia storica tra l’Oceano Indiano e il Mar Mediterraneo. Primo congresso di Archeologia del paesaggio e Geografia storica del Vicino Oriente antico, Sapienza Università di Roma, 5-8 Ottobre 2021, Roma 2024, pp. 351-361.

D. Montanari
2023 "La missione archeologica della Sapienza a Betlemme: archeologia urbana e valorizzazione", in Scienze dell'Antichità 29.3 (2023), pp. 281-296.

D. Montanari - E. Z. Titi
2022 "Recent discoveries in Bethlehem (Palestine): results of the 8th (2022) Italian-Palestinian Research season", in Vicino Oriente XXVI (2022), pp.163-194.

D. Montanari - E. Z. Titi - M. Ghayyada - G. Cecconi - M. Tamburrini - A. Guari - P. Izzo - J. Yassine - L. Nigro
2021 "Bethlehem. Rescue Excavations 2015–2020 by Sapienza University of Rome and the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities", in N. Marchetti - M. Campeggi - F. Cavaliere - C. D’Orazio - G. Giacosa - E. Mariani Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (06-08 April 2021), Bologna, pp. 1003-1016.

L. Nigro
2020 "Le Necropoli di Betlemme e la storia della città nel II e I millennio a.C.": A. Coniglio - A. Ricco (a cura di), Holy Land. Archaeology on Either Side. Archaeological Essays in Honour of Eugenio Alliata ofm , Milano 2020, pp. 35-48. [ISBN 9788862408189]

M. Botticelli - S. Mignardi - C. De Vito - Y.W. Liao - D. Montanari - M. Shakarna - L. Nigro - L. Medeghini
2020 "Variability in pottery production at Khalet al-Jam'a necropolis, Bethlehem (West Bank): From the Early-Middle Bronze to the Iron Age" in Ceramics International 46 (2020), pp. 16405-16415. [doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.03.200]

L. Nigro - D. Montanari - G. Cecconi - M. Ghayyada - J. Yasine
2019 "Khalet al-Jam'a. A bronze and iron ages necropolis near Bethlehem (Palestine): result of the 2019 archaeological excavation", in Vicino Oriente XXIII (2019), pp. 1-22.

L. Nigro
2018 "Da Gerico a Betlemme. La missione della Sapienza a Gerico e l'archeologia italiana in Palestina (1997-2017) con il contributo del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale": Vicino Oriente XXII (2018), pp. 1-13. [ISSN 0393-0300; e-ISSN 2532-5159]

L. Nigro - D. Montanari - M. Ghayyada - J. Yasine
2018 Protecting and rehabilitating the archaeology of Bethlehem, in antiquity 92 365, e5 (2018), pp. 1–7.

L. Nigro - D. Montanari - M. Ghayyada - J. Yasine
2017 The el-Atan Tomb: an Early Bronze IVB female burial in the heart of Bethlehem, in Vicino Oriente XXI (2017), pp. 225-256.

L. Nigro - D. Montanari - A. Guari - M. Tamburrini - P. Izzo - M. Ghayyada - I. Titi - J. Yasine
2017 New archaeological features in Bethlehem (Palestine): the Italian-Palestinian rescue season of 2016, in Vicino Oriente XXI (2017), pp. 5-57.

L. Nigro
2016 Betlemme prima di Davide, in Archeo n°377 (luglio 2016), pp. 52-61.

L. Nigro
2015 Bethlehem in the Bronze and Iron Ages in the light of recent discoveries by the Palestinian MOTA-DACH, in Vicino Oriente XIX (2015), pp. 1-24.

L. Nigro - D. Montanari - M. Ghayyada - J. Yasine
2015 "Khalet al-Jam'a. A Middle Bronze and Iron Age necropolis near Bethlehem (Palestine)", in Vicino Oriente XIX (2015), pp. 185-218.

Reports

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Books

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Novels

Discover "Jericho. The Prehistoric Revolution", a must-read novel written by Professor Lorenzo Nigro and winner of the Silvia dell'Orso Award

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On the web

Betlemme: al di là del muro. Parla l’archeologo

L. Nigro "Tell Es-Sultan – A Pilot Project for Archaeology in Palestine" in The Ancient Near East Today March 2014: Vol II, No 3.

Tell es-Sultan

L. Nigro, "The EB IV/Intermediate Bronze Age at Batrawy and Jericho: Post-urban vs. Proto-urban”: J.C. Long - Jr.W.G. Dever (eds.),Transitions, Urbanism, and Collapse in the Bronze Age. Eassys in Honor of Suzanne Richard, Shieffield - Bristol 2021, pp. 293-308. [ISBN 9781781797204]

L. Nigro, E. Gallo, F. Mura, T. Rinaldi, "Teapot or Milkpot? About the content of a small, spouted jar from EB IV (2300-2000 B.C.E.) Tell-es Sultan, ancient Jericho":Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 21.1 (2021), pp. 281-290.

L.Nigro, “Tell es-Sultan/Jericho in the Early Bronze Age III: Apogee of an Unusual “Palatial Society” in Palestine”: S. Richard (ed.), New Horizon on the Study of the Early Bronze III and Early Bronze IV of the Levant , University Park, Pennsylvania 2020, pp. 195-212. [ISBN 9781575067407]

D. Montanari, "Metal Weapons and Social Differentiation at Bronze Age Tell es-Sultan" in R.T. Sparks, B. Finlayson, B. Wagemakers, J.M. Briffa(eds.), Digging Up Jericho Past, present and future, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, Oxford 2020, pp. 115-128.

C. Moricca, L. Nigro, E. Gallo, L. Sadori, "The dwarf palm tree of the king: a Nannorrhops ritchiana in the 24th-24th century BC palace of Jericho" in Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, pp. 1-10. (Print Online)

L. Nigro, "Jericho. Eine Geschichte der Innovationen im Angesicht widriger Umstände"in ANTIKE WELT 3/20 (2020), pp. 54-63.

L. Nigro, D. Montanari, F. Mura, R. Caminiti, “Not invasive analyses on a tin-bronze dagger from Jericho: a case study”: Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 18/1 (2018), pp. 199-207. [ISSN 1108-9628; e-ISSN 2241-8121] [doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1161359]

L. Nigro, “Da Gerico a Betlemme. La missione della Sapienza a Gerico e l’archeologia italiana in Palestina (1997-2017) con il contributo del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale”: Vicino Oriente XXII (2018), pp. 1-13. [ISSN 0393-0300; e-ISSN 2532-5159]

L. Nigro, "Jericho and the Dead Sea. Life and Resilience" in M. Peilstöcker, S. Wolfram(eds.), Life at the Dead Sea. Proceedings of the International Conference held at the State Museum of archaeology Chemnitz (smac), February 21–24, 2018, Chemnitz (Aegypten und Altes Testament 96), pp. 139-156.

L. Nigro, T. Rinaldi, "The divine spirit of bees. A note on honey and the origins of yeast - driven fermentation" in Vicino Oriente XXIV (2020), pp. 185-196.

G. Ripepi, "Mudbricks and Modular Architecture at Tell es-Sultan from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age" in R.T. Sparks, B. Finlayson, B. Wagemakers, J.M. Briffa(eds.), Digging Up Jericho Past, present and future, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, Oxford 2020, pp. 215-230.

C.Fiaccavento, E. Gallo, "Protecting the People: The Fortification Systems of Middle Bronze Age Jericho in Light of the Italian-Palestinian Excavations" in R.T. Sparks, B. Finlayson, B. Wagemakers, J.M. Briffa(eds.), Digging Up Jericho Past, present and future, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, Oxford 2020, pp. 231-246.

L. Nigro, “The Italian-Palestinian Expedition to Tell es-Sultan, Ancient Jericho (1997–2015): Archaeology and Valorisation of Material and Immaterial Heritage ” in R.T. Sparks, B. Finlayson, B. Wagemakers and J.M. Briffa(eds.), Digging Up Jericho Past, present and future, Rome 2020, pp. 175-214

L. Nigro, “Tell es-Sultan/ancient Jericho in the Early Bronze Age II-III”: E. Gallo (ed.), Conceptualizing Urban Experiences: Tell es-Sultan and Tall al-Hammām Early Bronze cities across the Jordan. Proceedings of a workshop held in Palermo, G. Whitaker Foundation, Villa Malfitano, June 19th 2017 (Rome «La Sapienza» Studies on the Archaeology of Palestine & Transjordan, 13), Rome 2019, pp. 79-108. [ISBN 9788898154203; ISSN 1826-9206]

M. Tamburrini, “Reevaluating Early Bronze I Tell es-Sultan in the Southern Jordan Valley in light of recent settlement pattern studies ” in E.Gallo(ed.), CONCEPTUALIZING URBAN EXPERIENCES Tell es-Sultan and Tall al-Ḥammām Early Bronze cities across the Jordan (ROSAPAT 13), Rome 2019, pp. 233-246

D. Montanari, “Tell es-Sultan/ancient Jericho in the Early Bronze Age IV: a summary ” in E.Gallo(ed.), CONCEPTUALIZING URBAN EXPERIENCES Tell es-Sultan and Tall al-Ḥammām Early Bronze cities across the Jordan (ROSAPAT 13), Rome 2019, pp. 135-153

E. Gallo, “Tell es-Sultan/ancient Jericho in the Early Bronze Age I-III: a population estimate ” in E.Gallo(ed.), CONCEPTUALIZING URBAN EXPERIENCES Tell es-Sultan and Tall al-Ḥammām Early Bronze cities across the Jordan (ROSAPAT 13), Rome 2019, pp. 109-133

L. Nigro, “Archaeological periodization vs absolute chronology: what does not work with high and low early bronze age in southern levant ” in E.Gallo(ed.), CONCEPTUALIZING URBAN EXPERIENCES Tell es-Sultan and Tall al-Ḥammām Early Bronze cities across the Jordan (ROSAPAT 13), Rome 2019, pp. 1-32

L. Nigro, “Jericho und das Tote Meer. Die geschichte eine unverwustlichen stadt: M. Peilstöcker - S. Wolfram (Hsrg.) ” in Leben am Toten Meer. Archäologie aus dem Heiligen Land - Das Buch zur Ausstellung, Dresden 2019, pp. 129-138.

L. Nigro, “A Turtle Dove Rhyton from the “Hyksos Palace” at Tell es-Sultan, Ancient Jericho ” in M. D’Andrea, M. G. Micale, D. Nadali, S. Pizzimenti, A. Vacca (eds), Pearls of the Past, Studies on Near Eastern Art and Archaeology in Honour of Frances Pinnock (marru 8), Zaphon, Münster, 2019, pp. 687-690

L. Nigro, L. Calcagnile, J. Yasin, E. Gallo, G. Quarta, “JERICHO AND THE CHRONOLOGY OF PALESTINE IN THE EARLY BRONZE AGE: A RADIOMETRIC RE-ASSESSMENT” in Radiocarbon 61(1), 2019, pp.211-241

L. Nigro, “HOTEPIBRA AT JERICHO. INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN EGYPT AND SYRIA-PALESTINE DURING THE 13TH DYNASTY” in Contributi e Materiali di Archeologia Orientale XVIII, Scritti sull’Egitto ed il Vicino Oriente antico in onore di Gabriella Scandone Matthiae, A. Vacca, S. Pizzimenti, M. G. Micale (a cura di), (2018), pp. 439-448

L. Nigro, D. Montanari, F. Mura, J. Yasine, T. Rinaldi, “A hoard of Nilotic nacreous shells from Egypt to Jericho (Early Bronze II, 3000–2800 BCE): Their finding, content and historical archaeological implications” in Palestine Exploration Quarterly, 2018, 150:2, pp. 110-125

L. Nigro, L. Fattore, D. Montanari, “3D SCANNING, MODELLING AND PRINTING OF ULTRA-THIN NACREOUS SHELLS FROM JERICHO: A CASE STUDY OF SMALL FINDS DOCUMENTATION IN ARCHAEOLOGY” in Vicino Oriente XXII (2018), pp. 15-28

L. Nigro,“BEHEADED ANCESTORS. OF SKULLS AND STATUES IN PRE-POTTERY NEOLITHIC JERICHO (20 figures and 1 plate)” in Scienze dell'Antichità 23.3 (2017), pp. 3-30, tav. I a p. 633

L. Nigro, “Portacosmetici di madreperla dal Nilo a Gerico al tempo della II Dinastia egiziana ” in Archeo n. 392, Ottobre 2017, pp. 36-43

L. Nigro, “The end of the Early Bronze Age in the Southern Levant. Urban Crisis and Collapse seen from two 3rd Millennium BC-Cities: Tell es-Sultan/Jericho and Khirbet al-Batrawy”: T. Cunninghm - J. Driessen (eds.), Crisis to Collapse. The Archaeology of Social Breakdown (AEGIS 11), Louvain 2016, pp. 149-172. [ISBN 9782875585264] [ISBN 9788888438108; ISSN 1826-9206]

L. Nigro, "Tell es-Sultan 2015. A Pilot Project for Archaeology in Palestine", in Near Eastern Archaeology 79:1 (2016), pp. 4-17.

L. Nigro, G. Ripepi, I. Hamdan, J. Yasine, “The Jericho Oasis Archaeological Park - 2015 Interim Report. Italian-Palestinian Cooperation for protection and valorization of archaeological heritage” in Vicino Oriente XIX (2015), pp. 219-247

L. Nigro, "Aside the Spring: Tell es-Sultan/Ancient Jericho: the Tale of an Early City and Water Control in Ancient Palestine", in T. Tvedt - T. Oestigaard (eds.), A History of Water. Series III. Volume 1: Water and Urbanization (2014), pp. 25-51.

L. Nigro, "The Archaeology of Collapse and Resilience: Tell es-Sultan/ancient Jericho as a Case Study", in L. Nigro (ed.), Overcoming Catastrophes. Essays on disastrous agents characterization and resilience strategies in pre-classical Southern Levant (Rome «La Sapienza» Studies on The Archaeology of Palestine And Transjordan, 11)(2014) pp. 55-85, Rome: Rome «La Sapienza» Expedition to Palestine & Jordan.

L. Nigro, H. Taha,“The ninth season (2013) of archaeological activities at Tell es-Sultan/ancient Jericho by Rome "La Sapienza” Unversity and the Palestinian MoTA-DACH” in www.lasapienzatojericho.it

L. Nigro, H. Taha, “Tell es-Sultan/Ancient Jericho: archaeological research, restoration and training for the implementation of the Archaeological Park” in R. Cagiano de Azevedo (a cura di), Sapienza nel Mediterraneo, Roma 2013, pp. 128-131

L. Nigro, "Jericho", in D.M. Master (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology, Oxford: Oxford University Press, vol. II (2013), pp. 1-8.

L. Nigro, M. Sala, H. Taha, J. Yassine, "The Bronze Age Palace and the fortifications at Tell es-Sultan/Jericho. The 6th-7th seasons (2010-2011) by Rome "La Sapienza" University and the Palestinian MOTA-DACH" in Scienze dell'Antichità 17 (2011), pp. 571-597.

L. Nigro, "Tell es-Sultan/Jericho and the Origins of Urbanization in the Lower Jordan Valley: Results of Recent Archaeological Researches", in P. Matthiae et al. (eds.), 6 ICAANE. Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. 5 May – 10 May 2008, "Sapienza", Università di Roma, Roma 2010, Vol. 2, pp. 459-481.

L. Nigro, H. Taha, "Renewed Excavations and Restorations at Tell es-Sultan/Ancient Jericho. Fifth Season – March-April 2009", in Scienze dell'Antichità 15 (2009), pp. 733-744.

L. Nigro, "When the Walls Tumble Down. Jericho: Rise & Collapse of an Early Bronze Age Palestinian City", in R. Peroni - A. Cardarelli (a cura di), Le ragioni del cambiamento. Reason for Changes. 'Nascita', 'declino' e 'crollo' delle società tra fine del IV e inizio del I millennio a.C.(Scienze dell'Antichità 15), Roma 2009, pp. 173-192.

L. Nigro, "Khirbet Kerak Ware at Jericho and the EB III Change in Palestine", in L. Petit - E. Kaptijn (eds), A timeless Vale. Archaeological and related essays on the Jordan Valley in honour of Gerrit van der Kooij on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birhtday (Archaeological Studies Leiden University 19), Leiden 2009, pp. 69-83.

L. Nigro, "Nuove scoperte archeologiche a Tell es-Sultan, biblica Gerico, 2009", in D. Sardini (a cura di), Bibbia e Cultura (Dodicesimo Supplemento a Bibbia e Oriente), Bornato in Franciacorta (BS) 2009, pp. 213-220.

L. Nigro, "The Built Tombs on the Spring Hill and The Palace of the Lords of Jericho ('dmr rha) in the Middle Bronze Age", in J.D. Schloen (ed.), Exploring the longue durée. Essays in Honor of Lawrence E. Stager, Winona Lake, In. 2009, pp. 361-376.

L. Nigro, "Bevor die Posaunen erklangen", in Antike Welt 6 (2009), pp. 45-53.

L. Nigro, "Un altro tassello della memoria in Terra Santa. L'Israel Antiquities Authority data all'epoca di Gesù una sinagoga scoperta nei pressi di Cafarnao", in L'Osservatore Romano (mercoledì 16 settembre 2009), p. 4.

L. Nigro, "Ritorno a Gerico. Scavare tra archeologia e leggenda", in Archeo 293 (Luglio 2009), pp. 24-45.

L. Nigro, "Scoperte archeologiche a Gerico. Quei mattoni di diecimila anni fa", in L'Osservatore Romano (mercoledì 29 aprile 2009), p. 5.

M. Sala, "Khirbet Kerak Ware from Tell es-Sultan/ancient Jericho: a reassessment in the light of the finds of the Italian-Palestinian Expedition (1997-2000)", in J. Córdoba - M. Molist - M. C. Pérez - I. Rubio - S. Martínez (eds.), Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Madrid 2008, pp. 111-133.

L. Nigro, "Tell es-Sultan/Jericho from village to town: A reassessment of the Early Bronze Age I settlement and necropolis", in J. Córdoba - M. Molist - M. C. Pérez - I. Rubio - S. Martínez (eds.), Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Madrid 2008, pp. 645-662.

L. Nigro, "Le tombe costruite sulla "Spring Hill" e i signori di Gerico nel II millennio a.C.", in G. Bartoloni - G. Benedettini (eds.), Sepolti tra i vivi. Evidenza ed interpretazione di contesti funerari in abitato. Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", 26-29 Aprile 2006 (=Scienze dell'Antichità, Storia Archeologia Antropologia 14/1), Roma 2007-2008, pp. 277-307.

L. Nigro, "Aside the spring: Byblos and Jericho from village to town in the second half of the 4th millennium BC", in L. Nigro (ed.), Byblos and Jericho in the Early Bronze I: social dynamics and cultural interactions. Proceedings of the International Workshop held in Rome on March 7th 2006. by Rome "La Sapienza" University(= Rome «La Sapienza» Studies on the Archaeology of Palestine & Transjordan, 4), Rome 2007, pp. 1-45.

L. Nigro, "Results of the Italian-Palestinian Expedition to Tell es-Sultan: at the Dawn of Urbanization in Palestine", in L. Nigro, H. Taha (eds.), Tell es-Sultan/Jericho in the Context of the Jordan Valley: Site Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development. (= Rome "La Sapienza" Studies on the Archaeology of Palestine & Transjordan, 2), Rome 2006, pp. 1-40.

L. Nigro, H. Taha (eds.), Tell es- Sultan/Jericho in the Context of the Jordan Valley: Site Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development. (= Rome "La Sapienza" Studies on the Archaeology of Palestine & Transjordan, 2), Rome 2006.

L. Nigro, "Sulle mura di Gerico. Le fortificazioni diTell Es-Sultan come indicatori della nascita e dello sviluppo della prima città di Gerico nel III millennio a.C.", in F. Baffi - R. Dolce - S. Mazzoni - F. Pinnock (eds.), Ina Kibrāt Erbetti. Studi di archeologia orientale dedicati a Paolo Matthiae, Roma 2006, pp. 349-379 (part I).

L. Nigro, "Sulle mura di Gerico. Le fortificazioni diTell Es-Sultan come indicatori della nascita e dello sviluppo della prima città di Gerico nel III millennio a.C.", in F. Baffi - R. Dolce - S. Mazzoni - F. Pinnock (eds.), Ina Kibrāt Erbetti. Studi di archeologia orientale dedicati a Paolo Matthiae, Roma 2006, pls. 1-35 (part II).

L. Nigro, "Alcuni vasi del Bronzo Antico I (3300-3000 a.C.) in ceramica grigia lustrata dalla necropoli di Gerico nei Musei Vaticani", in Bollettino dei musei e gallerie pontificie XXV (2006), pp. 7-32.

L. Nigro (ed.), Tell es-Sultan/Gerico alle soglie della prima urbanizzazione: il villaggio e la necropoli del Bronzo Antico I (3300-3000), (= Rome "La Sapienza" Studies on the Archaeology of Palestine & Transjordan, 2), Rome 2005.

L. Nigro, “In the Shadow of the Bible. Archaeological Investigations by the Deutsche Palästina Verein before the First World War: Taannek, Megiddo, Jericho, Shechem”: V. Krings - I. Tassignon (eds.), Archéologie dans l’Empire Ottoman autour de 1900: entre politique, économie et science, Bruxelles - Rome 2004, pp. 215-229. [ISBN 9789074461511]

L. Nigro, "Tell es-Sultan in the Early Bronze Age IV (2300-2000 BC). Settlement vs Necropolis - A Stratigraphic Periodization", in Contributi e Materiali di Archeologia Orientale IX (2003), pp. 121-158.

L. Nigro - N. Marchetti, "A la redécouverte de Jéricho", in Dossiers d'Archéologie 240 (Jan./Fév. 1999), pp. 91-97.

L. Nigro, “Gerico: le origini della città in Palestina. Caratteri originali, sviluppo e crisi della prima urbanizzazione palestinese nel III millennio a.C.: il caso di Tell es-Sultan”: Atti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia. Serie III, Rendiconti LXIX (1999), pp. 187-218. [ISSN 1019-9500]

L. Nigro, N. Marchetti, J. Yassin, "Second season of excavations of the Italian - Palestinian expedition at Tell es-Sultan/Jericho, October - November 1998", in Orient - Express 1 (1999), pp. 17-20.

L. Nigro, N. Marchetti, H. Taha, "Preliminary report on the second season of excavations of the Italian-Palestinian Expedition at Tell es-Sultan/Jericho, 1998", in P. Matthiae - A. Enea - L. Peyronel - F. Pinnock (eds.), Proceedings of the First International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Roma 2000, pp. 867-881, pls. 1-24.

L. Nigro, N. Marchetti, Excavations at Gerico. Preliminary Report on the Second Season of Archaeological Excavations and Surveys at Tell es-Sultan, Palestine, (Quaderni di Gerico, 2), Roma 2000.

L. Nigro, N. Marchetti, J. Yassin, M. Ghayada, "Third season of excavations of the Italian - Palestinian expedition at Tell es-Sultan/Jericho, October - November 1999", in Orient - Express 4 (2000), pp. 82-84.

L. Nigro, "Sei corredi tombali del Bronzo Antico IV dalla necropoli di Gerico ai Musei Vaticani", in Bollettino dei musei e gallerie pontificie XIX (1999), pp. 5-52.

L. Nigro, N. Marchetti, “La Palestina ricomincia da Gerico”: Archeologia Viva (novembre/dicembre 1997), pp. 25-35. [ISSN 0392-9485]

L. Nigro, N. Marchetti, Scavi a Gerico, 1997. Relazione Preliminare sulla Prima Campagna di Scavi e prospezioni Archeologiche a Tell es-Sultan, Palestina , (Quaderni di Gerico, 1), Roma 1998.

L. Nigro, N. Marchetti, I. Sarie', "Preliminary report on the first season of excavations of the Italian-Palestinian Expedition at Tell es-Sultan/Jericho, April-May 1997", in Palestine Exploration Quarterly 130 (1998), pp. 121-144.

L. Nigro, N. Marchetti, I. Sarie', "First season of excavations of the Italian-Palestinian expedition at Tell es-Sultan/Jericho, april-may 1997", in Orient - Express 2 (1997), pp. 35-38.

L. Nigro, "Gerico: le origini della città in Palestina. Caratteri generali, sviluppo e crisi della prima urbanizzazione palestinese nel III millennio a.C.: il caso di Tell es-Sultan, antica Gerico", in Rendiconti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia LXIX (1996-1997), pp. 187-218.

Khirbet al-Batrawy

L. Nigro - E. Gallo, "Khirbat al-Batrawy 2015-2019: The Four-Lines Defensive System and the Entrance Hall of the "Palace of the Copper Axes": F. Balaawi - P.P. Creasman (eds.) Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan XI, Amman 2022, pp. 161-177.

L. Nigro, "The EB IV/Intermediate Bronze Age at Batrawy and Jericho: Post-urban vs. Proto-urban": J.C. Long - Jr.W.G. Dever (eds.), Transitions, Urbanism, and Collapse in the Bronze Age. Eassys in Honor of Suzanne Richard, Shieffield - Bristol 2021, pp. 293-308. [ISBN 9781781797204]

L. Nigro, "The EB IV/Intermediate Bronze Age at Batrawy and Jericho: Post-urban vs. Proto-urban”: J.C. Long - Jr.W.G. Dever (eds.),Transitions, Urbanism, and Collapse in the Bronze Age. Eassys in Honor of Suzanne Richard, Shieffield - Bristol 2021, pp. 293-308.

L. Nigro, A Late Bronze II terracotta figurine of Ishtar from Ruseifah, Jordan

L. Nigro, "Khirbet al-Batrawy", in P.P. Creasman, J.D.M. Green, C. Shelton (eds.), Archaeology in Jordan 2: 2018 and 2019 Seasons, Alexandria VA/Amman 2020, pp. 49-51.

L. Nigro - E. Gallo - R. Gharib - F. Mura - M. Macrì - T. Rinaldi, "An Egyptian green schist palette and an amazonite gemstone from the "Palace of the Copper Axes" at Batrawy, Jordan", in Vicino Oriente XXIV (2020), pp. 1-26.

L. Nigro - D. Montanari - R. Gharib, "Qalet Hamra: a mamluk khan North of Zarqa, Jordan", in Vicino Oriente XXIII (2019), pp. 47-58.

L. Medeghini - L. Nigro, "Khirbat al-Batrawy ceramics: a systematic mineralogical and petrographic study for investigating the material culture", in Periodico di mineralogia 86 (2017), pp. 19-35.

L. Nigro, "The end of the Early Bronze Age in the Southern Levant. Urban Crisis and Collapse seen from two 3rd Millennium BC-Cities: Tell es-Sultan/Jericho and Khirbet al-Batrawy": T. Cunninghm - J. Driessen (eds.), Crisis to Collapse. The Archaeology of Social Breakdown (AEGIS 11), Louvain 2016, pp. 149-172. [ISBN 9782875585264]

L. Nigro - R. Gharib, "Jamaan at the Pass of Bi''rein. An Iron Age B-C Ammonite Stronghold in Central Jordan ", in Vicino Oriente XX (2016), pp. 59-84.

L. Nigro "Khirbat al-Batrawi 2010-2013: The City Defenses and the Palace of Copper Axes": Studies on the History and Archaeology of Jordan XII: Transparent Borders (Department of Antiquities of Jordan), Amman 2016, pp. 135-154.

L. Medeghini, L. Fabrizi, C. De Vito, S. Mignardi, L. Nigro, E. Gallo, C. Fiaccavento, "The ceramic of the 'Palace of the Copper Axes' (Khirbet al-Batrawy,Jordan): A palatial special production", in Ceramics International 42 (2016), pp. 5952-5962.

L. Nigro, "The Copper Axes Hoard in the Early Bronze IIIb Palace of Batrawy, Jordan", in K. Rosińska-Balik, A. Ochał-Czarnowicz, M. Czarnowicz, J. Dębowska-Ludwin (eds.), Copper and Trade in the South-Eastern Mediterranean: Trade routes of the Near East in Antiquity (BAR IS 2753), Oxford 2015, pp. 77-83.

L. Nigro, "Khirbat al-Batrawy": G.J. Corbett - D.R. Keller - B.A. Porter - Ch.A. Tuttle (eds.), Archaeology in Jordan, 2012 and 2013 Seasons: American Journal of Archaeology 118 (2014), pp. 644-645. [ISSN 0002-9114]

L. Nigro, "The Copper Routes and the Egyptian Connection in 3rd millennium BC Jordan seen from the caravan city of Khirbet al-Batrawy", in Vicino Oriente XVIII (2014), pp. 39-64.

L. Nigro, "The King's Cup and the Bear Skin. Royal Ostentation in the Early Bronze III "Palace of the Copper Axes" at Khirbet al-Batrawy", in Z. Kafafi - M. Maraqten (eds.), A Pioneer of Arabia. Studies in the Archaeology and Epigraphy of the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula in Honor of Moawiyah Ibrahim (ROSAPAT 10), Rome 2014, pp. 261-270.

L. Nigro, M. Sala, "Preliminary Report of the Eighth Season (2012) of Excavations by the University of Rome "La Sapienza" at Khirbat al-Batrawi (Upper Wadi az-Zarqa)": Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 57 (2013), pp. 217-228.

L. Medeghini, S. Mignardi, C. De Vito, D. Bersani, P.P. Lottici, M. Turetta, M. Sala, L. Nigro, "Is Khirbet Kerak Ware from Khirbet al-Batrawy (Jordan) local or imported pottery?": Analytical Methods 23 (2013), pp. 6622-6630. [ISSN 1759-9660; e-ISSN 1759-9679]

L. Medeghini, S. Mignardi, C. De Vito, D. Bersani, P.P. Lottici, M. Turetta, J. Costantini, E. Bacchini, M. Sala, L. Nigro, "The key role of micro-Raman spectroscopy in the study of ancient pottery: the case of pre-classical Jordanian ceramics from the archaeological site of Khirbet al-Batrawy": European Journal of Mineralogy 25 (2013), pp. 881-893. [ISSN 0935-1221]

C. Fiaccavento, "potters’ wheels from khirbet al-batrawy: a reconsideration of social contexts*", in Vicino Oriente XVII (2013), pp. 75-103.

L. Nigro, "Khirbet al-Batrawy. An Early Bronze Age city at the fringes of the desert", in Syria 90 (2013), pp. 189-209.

L. Nigro, "The City of the Copper Axes: Archaeological Research, Restoration and Training in the Early Bronze Age site of Khirbet al-Batrawy, Jordan", in B. Cassani (ed.), Sapienza in the Mediterranean Region. Agreement on Cultural and Scientific Cooperation: Programs and Projects, Rome 2013, pp. 113-115.

L. Nigro, "Urban origins in the Upper Wādī az-Zarqā' (Jordan): The City of Khirbat al-Batrāwī in the 3rd Millennium BC", in F. al-Hmoud (ed.), Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan XI, Amman 2013, pp. 489-506.

M. Sala, "A Stratified third Millennium BC Pottery Sequence from North-Central Jordan: The EB II-III Repertoire of Khirbat al-Batrāwī", in F. al-Hmoud (ed.), Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan XI, Amman 2013, pp. 585-612.

L. Nigro, "An EB IIIB (2500-2300 BC) gemstones necklace from the Palace of the Copper Axes at Khirbet al-Batrawy, Jordan", in VicinoOriente XVI (2012), pp. 227-243.

L. Nigro, M. Sala, "Preliminary Report on the Seventh (2011) Season of Excavation by "La Sapienza" University of Rome at Khirbat al-Batrāwī (Upper Wādīaz-Zarqā')", in ADAJ 56 (2012), pp. 45-54.

L. Nigro, "Khirbet al-Batrawy", in American Journal of Archaeology 116 (2012), pp. 705-706.

L. Nigro, "Khirbet al-Batrawy: Rise, Flourish and Collapse of an Early Bronze Age City in Jordan", in R. Matthews - J. Curtis (eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. 12 April – 16 April 2010, the British Museum and UCL, London, Wiesbaden 2012, Volume 1, pp. 609-628.

M. Sala, "An EB IVB (2200-2000 BC) farmers' community at Khirbet al-Batrawy (North-Central Jordan)", in R. Matthews - J. Curtis (eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. 12 April – 16 April 2010, the British Museum and UCL, London, Wiesbaden 2012, Volume 3, pp. 697-706.

L. Nigro, M. Sala, "Preliminary Report on the Sixth (2010) Season of Excavation by "La Sapienza" University of Rome at Khirbat al-Batrāwī (Upper Wādī az-Zarqā')", in Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 55 (2011), pp. 85-100.

L. Nigro, "Dominating the River: Khirbet al-Batrawy, an EB II-III City in North-Central Jordan", in Syria 88 (2011), pp. 59-74.

L. Nigro, M. D’Andrea, E. Gallo, "The Early Bronze Age II City-gate at Khirbet al Batrawy, Jordan": P. Matthaie - F. Pinnock - L. Nigro - N. Marchetti (eds.), 6 ICAANE. Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. 5 May – 10 May 2008, "Sapienza", Università di Roma, Vol. 3, Wiesbaden 2010, pp. 447-453. [ISBN 9783447062176]

L. Nigro, M. Sala, D. Montanari, V. Tumolo, "The Early Bronze Age IV village at Khirbet al-Batrawy, Jordan": P. Matthaie - F. Pinnock - L. Nigro - N. Marchetti (eds.), 6 ICAANE. Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. 5 May – 10 May 2008, "Sapienza", Università di Roma, Vol. 3, Wiesbaden 2010, pp. 461-468. [ISBN 9783447062176]

L. Nigro, "Le ultime scoperte della missione archeologica dell'università La Sapienza a Batrawy in Giordania. Asce di rame nella fortezza dei Cananei": L'Osservatore Romano (giovedì 17 giugno 2010), p. 5.

L. Nigro, "Khirbet al-Batrawy: a third millennium city in Jordan", in American Journal of Archaeology 114 (2010), pp. 514-516.

L. Nigro, M. Sala, "Preliminary Report of the Fifth Season (2009) of Excavations by the University of Rome "La Sapienza" at Khirbat al-Batrāwī (Upper Wādī az-Zarqā')", in Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 54 (2010), pp. 237-253.

L. Nigro, "Quattro asce di rame dal Palazzo B di Khirbet al-Batrawy (Bronzo Antico IIIb, 2500-2300 a.C.)" in Scienze dell'Antichità 16 (2010), pp. 561-572.

L. Nigro, "Nel palazzo delle asce di rame" in Archeo 304 (Giugno 2010), pp. 42-53.

L. Nigro, "Between the Desert and the Jordan: Early Urbanization in the Upper Wadi az-Zarqa - the EB II-III fortified town of Khirbet al-Batrawy", in P. Matthiae et al. (eds), 6 ICAANE. Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. 5 May – 10 May 2008, "Sapienza", Università di Roma, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2010, Vol. 2, pp. 431-458.

L. Nigro, "Khirbat al-Batrawi", in Munjazāt 10 (2009), pp 84-85.

L. Nigro, "Khirbet al-Batrawy: a Case Study of 3rd millennium BC Early Urbanism in North-Central Jordan", in F. al-Khraysheh et al. (eds), Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan X, Amman 2009, pp. 657-677.

L. Nigro, M. Sala, "Preliminary Report on the Fourth Season of Excavation by "La Sapienza" University of Rome at Khirbat al-Batrāwī in Upper Wādī az-Zarqā', 2008" in Annual of the Department of Jordan 53 (2009), pp. 371-384.

L. Nigro, " Una porta sul deserto" in Archeo 298 (Dicembre 2009), pp. 72-81.

L. Nigro, "Khirbat al-Batrāwī", in Munjazāt 9 (2008), pp. 72-74.

L. Nigro, M. Sala, A. Polcaro, "Preliminary Report of the Third Season of Excavations of Rome "La Sapienza" University at Khirbat al-Batrāwī (Upper Wādī az-Zarqā')", inAnnual of the Department of Jordan 52 (2008), pp. 209-230.

L. Nigro, "Preliminary Report of the First Season of Excavations of Rome "La Sapienza" Univesity at Khirbet al-Batrāwī (Upper Wādī az-Zarqā', Jordan)", in J. Córdoba - M. Molist - M. C. Pérez - I. Rubio - S. Martínez (eds.), Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Madrid 2008, pp. 663-682.

L. Nigro, "Khirbat al-Batrāwī", in Munjazāt 8 (2007), pp. 63-65.

L. Nigro, "Preliminary Report of the Second Season of Excavations by the University of Rome "La Sapienza" at Khirbat al-Batrāwī (Upper Wādī az-Zarqā')", in Annual of the Department of Jordan 51 (2007), pp. 345-360.

L. Nigro, "Nella città fantasma" in Archeo 272 (Ottobre 2007), pp. 44-57.

L. Nigro, "Khirbet al-Batrawy: una città del Bronzo Antico tra il deserto basaltico e la Valle del Giordano" in Scienze dell'Antichità 13 (2006), pp. 663-688.

L. Nigro, "Khirbat al-Batrāwī", in Munjazāt 7 (2006), pp. 57-59.

L. Nigro, "Preliminary Report of the First Season of Excavations by the University of Rome "La Sapienza" at Khirbat al-Batrāwī (Upper Wādī az-Zarqā')", in Annual of the Department of Jordan 50 (2006), pp. 229-248.

Archaeology of Southern Levant

L. Nigro, Introduzione all'archeologia della Palestina e Transgiordania.

L. Nigro, Gerico.

L. Nigro, Megiddo.

M. Sala, Gezer.

M. Sala, Hazor.

M. Sala, Sichem.

L. Nigro, "The Temple of the Kothon at Motya, Sicily: phoenician religious architecture from the Levant to the West", in Mayer Gruber - Shmuel Ahituv - Gunnar Lehmann - Zipora Talshir (edd.) All the wisdom of the East. Studies in Near Eastern Archaeology and History in Honor of Eliezer D. Oren, Fribourg 2012, pp. 293-331.

L. Nigro, "La storia in una tavoletta", in Archeo 306 (Agosto 2010), pp. 8-11.

L. Nigro, "In un frammento d'argilla ritrovato nell'antica città dei Cananei: Urisalim è davvero Gerusalemme", in L'Osservatore Romano (15 luglio 2010), p. 4.

L. Nigro, "The Eighteen Century BC Princes of Byblos and Ebla and the Chronology of the Middle Bronze Age", in Interconnections in the Eastern Mediterranean. Lebanon in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Proceedings of the International Symposium – Beirut 2008 (BAAL Hors-Série VI), Beirut 2009, pp. 159-175.

M. Sala, "Il Temple en L a Byblo", in Vicino Oriente XIV (2008), pp. 61-87.

M. D'Andrea, "Trickle Painted Ware: an Early Bronze IV specialized pottery production in Palestine and Transjordan", in Vicino Oriente XIV (2008), pp. 85-95, figs. I-IV.

L. Nigro, "Gerusalemme, la Santa (al-Quds)", in Gerusalemme e la Palestina. Uno sguardo tra Bibbia e Archeologia. La Terra Santa nelle fotografie di Monsignor Salvatore Garofano (Musei Vaticani, Collana di Studi e Documentazione 2), Città del Vaticano 2008, pp. 19-73.

L. Nigro, "Towards a unified chronology of Syria and Palestine at the beginning of Middle Bronze Age", in P. Matthiae - L. Nigro - F. Pinnock - L. Peyronel (eds.) From relative chronology to absolute chronology: the second millennium B.C. in Syria-Palestine, Rome 2007, pp. 365-389.

L. Nigro, "Alle origini della prima urbanizzazione palestinese: il caso dell'edificio 7102 di Tell el-'Areini", in Vicino Oriente XIII (2007), pp. 25-38.

M. Sala, "Prodromi della prima urbanizzazione palestinese ai confini del deserto basaltico siro-giordano: l'insediamento fortificato del Bronzo Antico I (3400-3200 a.C.) a Jawa", in Vicino Oriente XIII (2007), pp. 39-58.

L. Nigro, G. Capriotti Vittozzi, "Tra pirati e popoli del mare", in Pharaon II/2 (febbraio 2006), pp. 20-29.

L. Nigro, "In the shadow of the Bible. Archaeological investigations by the Deutsche Palästina Verein before the First World War: Taannek, Megiddo, Jericho, Shechem", in V Krings - I. Tassignon (eds.), Archéologie dans l'Empire Ottoman autour de 1900: entre politique, économie et science (2004), pp. 215-229, figs. 1-18.

L. Nigro, "The Smith and the King of Ebla. Tell el Yahudiyeh Ware, Metallic Wares and the Ceramic Chronology of Middle Bronze Syria", in M. Bietak (ed.), in The Synchronisation of Civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C. II. Proceedings of the SCIEM 2000 – EuroConference, Haindorf 2nd of May – 7th of May 2001 (= Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Denkschriften der Gesamtakademie, Band XXIX), Wien 2003, pp. 345-363.

L. Nigro, "L'ascia fenestrata e il pugnale venato: due tipologie di armi d'apparato dell'età del Bronzo Medio in Palestina", in Bollettino dei musei e gallerie pontificie XXIII (2003), pp. 7-42.

L. Nigro, "Una figurina fittile del II millennio a.C. dalla Palestina nei Musei Vaticani", in Bollettino dei musei e gallerie pontificie XXIII (2003), pp. 43-53.

L. Nigro, "Dal rame al bronzo (senza trascurare l'argento e l'oro). La metallurgia e la nascita delle città-stato in Siria e in Palestina nel III millennio a.C.", in G. Capriotti Vittozzi (ed.), L'Uomo, la pietra, i metalli. Tesori della terra dal Piceno al Mediterraneo, San Benedetto del Tronto 2003, pp. 62-69.

L. Nigro, "The MB Pottery Horizon of Tell Mardikh/Ancient Ebla in a Chronological Perspective", in M. Bietak (ed.), The Middle Bronze Age in the Levant. Proceedings of an International Conference on MB IIA Ceramic Material. Vienna 24th-26th of January 2001(= Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Denkschriften der Gesamtakademie, Band XXVI.), Wien 2002, pp. 297-328.

L. Nigro, "The Middle Bronze Age Pottery Horizon of Northern Inner Syria on the Basis of the Stratified Assemblages of Ebla and Hama", in M. al-Maqdissi - V. Matoïan - C. Nicolle (eds), Céramique de l'Âge du Bronze en Syrie I. La Syrie du Sud et la Vallée de l'Oronte (Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique T. 161), Beyrouth 2002, pp. 77-131.

Siria. Una storia scritta nella terra (Monografia di Archeo), luglio 2001.

L. Nigro, B. Panciroli, "Materiali archeologici dai primi scavi del Pontificio Istituto Biblico a Tuleilat el-Ghassul (1929-1938) nei Musei Vaticani", in Bollettino dei Monumenti, Musei e Gallerie Pontificie XXI (2001), pp. 11-73.

L. Nigro, "Coordinating the Middle Bronze I Pottery Chronology of Syria and Palestine", in P. Matthiae, A. Enea, L. Peyronel, F. Pinnock (eds.), Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Rome, May 18th-23rd 1998, Roma 2000, pp. 1187-1210.

L. Nigro, N. Marchetti, "The favissa F.5238 in the sacred area of Ishtar and the transition from the Middle Bronze I to the Middle Bronze II at Ebla", in K. Van Lerberghe - G. Voet (eds.), Languages and Cultures in Contact. At the Crossroads of Civilizations in the Syro–Mesopotamian Realm. Proceedings of the 42th RAI (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 96), 2000, pp.245-287.

L. Nigro, "Sichem dei cananei", in Archeo 168 (1999), pp. 42-52.

L. Nigro, "Recensione a R. Amiran, O. Ilan, Early Arad II", in Orientalia 67/4 (1998), pp. 546-551.

L. Nigro, "A Human Sacrifice Associated with a Sheep Slaughter in the Sacred Area of Ishtar at MB I Ebla?", in Journal of Prehistoric Religion XI-XII (1998), pp. 22-36.

L. Nigro, "Ebla and the Ceramic Provinces of Northern Syria in the Middle Bronze: Relationships and Interconnections with the Pottery Horizons of Upper Mesopotamia", in M. Lebeau (ed.), About Subartu. Studies Devoted to Upper Mesopotamia. Vol. 1 – Landscape, Archaeology, Settlement (= Subartu IV, 1), Brepols, Leuven 1998, pp. 271-304.

L. Nigro, N. Marchetti, "Cultic activities in the sacred area of Ishtar at Ebla: the favissae F.5327 and F.5238", in Journal of Cuneiform Studies 49 (1997), pp.1-44.

L. Nigro, "Le residenze palestinesi del Bronzo Tardo - I modelli planimetrici e strutturali", in Contributi e Materiali di Archeologia Orientale VI (1996), pp. 1-69.

L. Nigro, "Santuario e pellegrinaggio nella Palestina dell'Età del Bronzo Medio (2000-1600 a.C.): recenti scoperte nelle aree di culto aperte e gli "alti luoghi" dei Cananei", in Santuario, tenda dell'incontro con Dio, Roma 1996, pp. 216-229.

L. Nigro, N. Marchetti, "Handicraft Production, Secondary Food Transformation and Storage in the Public Building P4 at EB IVA Ebla", in Berytus 42 (1995-96), [presentato alla 41e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale tenutasi a Berlino il 4-8 luglio 1994], pp. 9-36.

L. Nigro, "The Nordostburg of Tell Ta'annek. A Reevaluation of the Iron Age IIB Defence System", in Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina Vereins 110 (1994), pp. 168-180; Heidelberg 1994.

L. Nigro, "The «Nordburg» of Megiddo: A New Reconstruction on the Basis of Schumacher's Plan", in Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 294 (1994), pp. 15-29.

L. Nigro, "Nota sulla trasformazione planimetrica dell'ala sud-occidentale del Palazzo 2041 di Megiddo nei livelli VIIB-VIIA", in Orient Express 1993/2, pp. 22-24.

Near Eastern Archaeology

L. Nigro, "The Temple of the Kothon at Motya, Sicily: phoenician religious architecture from the Levant to the West", in Mayer Gruber - Shmuel Ahituv - Gunnar Lehmann - Zipora Talshir (edd.) All the wisdom of the East. Studies in Near Eastern Archaeology and History in Honor of Eliezer D. Oren, Fribourg 2012, pp. 293-331.

L. Nigro, "L'unzione del re: nota su un passabriglie protodinastico al Museo del Louvre", in Vicino Oriente XIV (2008), pp. 277-282.

L. Nigro, "Una testa di figurina femminile in terracotta dalla regione del medio Eufrate siriano ai Musei Vaticani", in Bollettino dei Monumenti, Musei e Gallerie Pontificie XXIV (2004), pp. 7-15.

L. Nigro, "La Stele di Rimush da Tello e l'indicazione del rango dei vinti nel Rilievo Accadico", in Scienze dell'Antichità, Storia Archeologia Antropologia 11 (2001-2003), pp. 71-93.

L. Nigro, "Una lucerna di bronzo fenicia nei Musei Vaticani", in Bollettino dei musei e gallerie pontificie XXIII (2003), pp. 55-63.

L. Nigro 2002 "Rilievo funerario Museo Gregoriano Egizio" in A. Roccati - G. Capriotti Vittozzi (edd) Tra le palme del Piceno. Egitto terra del Nilo 2002, pp 127-128

L. Nigro, "I rilievi palmireni di Federico Zeri nei Musei Vaticani", in AA.VV., Zenobia. Il sogno di una regina d'Oriente, catalogo della mostra, Torino, Palazzo Bricherasio 13 febbraio – 26 maggio 2002, pp. 38-43.

L. Nigro,"Gli Apkāllu, i sette saggi antidiluviani, i sacerdoti-pesce e gli esorcisti di Ea. Nota su un cilindro votivo neoassiro da Nimrûd della Collezione del Pontificio Istituto Biblico", in Bollettino dei Monumenti, Musei e Gallerie Pontificie XXII (2002), pp. 13-27.

L. Nigro, "A female clay figurine from Tell Agrab (Iraq) in the Vatican Museums", in Bollettino dei musei e gallerie pontificie XXII (2002), pp. 7-11.

L. Nigro, "Nouvelle section des Antiquités Orientales dans les Musées du Vatican", in Orient Express 2001/2, pp. 52-54.

L. Nigro, "Una lucerna in bronzo del IX secolo a.C. dall'Anatolia sud-orientale", in Bollettino dei musei e gallerie pontificie XXI (2001), pp. 5-10.

L. Nigro, "Reparto antichità orientali (1990-1999) ", in Bollettino dei Monumenti, Musei e Gallerie Pontificie XX (2000), pp. 267-284.

L. Nigro, "Il ritratto della 'Dame du Vatican' sul telo linteo da Antinoe: una nuova analisi interpretativa dopo il restauro", in Bollettino dei Monumenti, Musei e Gallerie Pontificie XX (2000), pp. 5-33.

L. Nigro, "Alla ricerca di Yamkhad. La struttura urbana di Aleppo Amorrea", in Scienze dell'Antichità, Storia Archeologia Antropologia 10 (2000), pp. 39-61.

L. Nigro, "L'assedio di Bit-Bunakki da Ninive ai Musei Vaticani. La sua collocazione originaria nel Palazzo Nord di Assurbanipal e gli scavi di Giovanni Bennhi", in Vicino Oriente XII (2000), pp. 241-259.

L. Nigro, "I simulacri domestici di Bastet. Note in margine al restauro di due urne di gatto egizie di bronzo. Schede di restauro: F. Callori, S. Ferrari", in Bollettino dei Monumenti, Musei e Gallerie Pontificie XIX (1999), pp. 53-86.

L. Nigro, "The two steles of Sargon: iconology and visual propaganda", in Iraq LX (1998), pp. 85-102.

L. Nigro, "Legittimazione e consenso: iconologia, religione e politica nelle stele di Sargon di Akkad", in Contributi e Materiali di Archeologia Orientale VII (1997), pp. 351-392.

"Yamkhad/Aleppo. Investigating the Second millennium B.C. Capital of Northern Syria through the Islamic, Byzantine and Classical Towns", in M. Calia et al. (eds.), Trails to the East. Essays in Memory of Paolo Cuneo (= Journal of the Islamic Enviromental Design Center 1-2, 1997-1998-1999), pp. 46-55.

L. Nigro, "Visual role and ideological meaning of the enemies in the Royal Akkadian relief", in Jiri Prosecky (ed.), Intellectual life of the Ancient Near East. Papers presented at the43a Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Prague, July 1-5, 1996, Praga 1998, pp. 283-297.

L. Nigro, N. Marchetti, "Observations on the Distribution of the Technological and Typological Features of Glass and Vitreous Materials in Assyria During the Late Bronze Age. The Case of Assur, Nuzi, Tell Rimah and Tell Brak", in H. Waetzold - H. Hauptmann (eds.), Assyrien im Wandel der Zeiten. XXXIXe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Heidelberg 6.-10. Juli 1992 [= HSAO 6], Heidelberg 1997, pp. 299-313.

L. Nigro, "Dieci asce protodinastiche dal Luristan della Collezione Lorenzo Vannini", in Vicino Oriente X (1996), pp. 123-135, pls. VIII-XIII.

L. Nigro, "Per un'analisi formale dello schema compositivo della Stele di Naram-Sin", in Contributi e Materiali di Archeologia Orientale IV (1992), pp. 61-100.

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