The Center of Studies of Ancient Near Eastern History (known by its Spanish acronym CEHAO) is a university-based research institution of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, focused on the history and archaeology of the Ancient Near East.

The center's flagship is Antiguo Oriente, an annual peer-reviewed journal.

CEHAO also publishes, jointly with the Society of Biblical Literature, the open-access peer-reviewed Ancient Near East Monographs (ANEM).

[1] The CEHAO share research programs and scholars with the Institute of Social Sciences Research (IICS) of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina.

[2] Egyptologists Alicia Daneri and Perla Fuscaldo, biblical scholars René Krüger and Pablo Andiñach, and archaeologist Amir Gorzalczany are researchers in the CEHAO.