Ingvar Mæhle (b. 1970) is associate professor in ancient history at the Department of History, University of Bergen. He is co-author of J.C.Meyer’s textbook Antikkens historie – Høvdingedømme, bystat, imperium [Ancient History – Chiefdom, polis and empire], Cappelen Akademiske Forlag [Cappelen Academic Publishing House] 2002, and is co-editor, with Inger Marie Okkenhaug, of Women and religion in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, Unipub 2004.