At Megiddo, where excavations by multiple teams over more than a century have produced one of the most detailed stratigraphic sequences in the ancient Near East, work continues to clarify the circumstances of the Bronze Age to Iron Age transition and the evidence for the disruptions of the twelfth century BCE.

At sites across Cyprus, research on the Bronze Age civilization of the island — and its apparent role as a waystation and participant in the Sea Peoples’ movements — continues to yield important evidence.

Cyprus’s position at the intersection of the Aegean, Anatolian, and Levantine worlds makes it a crucial region for understanding the connectivity of the Bronze Age Mediterranean.

DNA research is expanding to new sites and new regions.

As the analytical methods improve and the costs of ancient DNA sequencing decline, more and more ancient human remains become candidates for analysis.