IWNW is an annual peer-reviewed and open-access journal that is issued by the faculty of Archaeology at Ain-Shams University in Egypt. Owned and funded by the Faculty of Archeology- Ain Shams University, and Ain Shams (University, Egypt) At present, there are no publishing fees. The journal publishes original papers in Archaeology, Excavations, Papyri, Inscriptions, Ostraca, Manuscripts, Antiquities, Ancient Coins, Ancient Languages (Ancient Greek, Latin, Ancient Egyptian, and Semitic Languages), Ancient Greek and Latin literature, Ancient Egyptian literature, Semitic Literature, Greek and Roman History, Ancient Egyptian History, Near Eastern History, Greek and Roman Antiquities, Egyptian Antiquities, Near Eastern Civilizations, Arabic and Islamic Antiquities, Arabic Papyri and Arabic Inscriptions, Restoration, Heritage, Site Management, Museology, Conservation, philosophy and religion in ancient civilizations. The language of the contributions is English, French, German, and Italian.

The journal will be electronically available on the official website of the University of the Faculty of Archeology - Ain Shams University, and the Egyptian Knowledge Bank, and in case it stops issuing, its issues will be available on the website of the Faculty of Archeology - Ain Shams University - Egypt.

The advisory board of Iwnw journal includes prominent professors from different countries such as Egypt, Germany, France, USA, Portugal, Malta, India, and the Netherlands. 

Open access statement

IWNW is an open-access journal; all published articles are available immediately online at no charge from authors or readers. All articles of IWNW are published under the open license CC BY-NC (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International) which allows immediate free access to the work and permits any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose.

License

All content of IWNW are published under the open license CC BY-NC (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International) which grants immediate free access to the work and permits any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose.

Copyright Policy

Authors retain copyright and transfer the commercial rights only to IWNW. All published articles are licensed under CC-BY-NC Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Authors can use a copy of his article in his research activities, own websites, and institutional and/or funder’s websites by providing full citations to the version published in IWNW. Authors have the right to transmit, print and share the first submitted copies with colleagues, professional positions, and career with citing to IWNW publication.