Established in 2002, the Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente (CEHAO) is a university-based research institution focused on the history and archaeology of the ancient Near East. The CEHAO has many periodical publications. The center’s flagship is Antiguo Oriente, an annual peer-reviewed journal. CEHAO also publishes, jointly with the Society of Biblical Literature, the online, peer-reviewed Ancient Near East Monographs (ANEM). Finally, Damqatum, the newsletter of the center, edits interviews to researchers from different academic fields, and informs about new exhibitions, congresses, seminars and conferences.