Assessment of biodegradation in ancient archaeological wood from the Middle Cemetery at Abydos, Egypt. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Abydos is a large, complex archaeological site located approximately 500 km south of Cairo in Upper Egypt. The site has served as a cemetery for thousands of years and is where most of the Early Dynastic royal tombs are located. North Abydos includes the
Ahmed M Abdel-Azeem +4 more
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Metaphors and the Invention of Writing. [PDF]
Top Cogn SciAbstract The foundation of ancient, invented writing systems lies in the predominant iconicity of their sign shapes. However, these shapes are often used not for their referential meaning but in a metaphorical way, whereby one entity stands for another.
Ottaviano L +3 more
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Empirical landscape genetic comparison of single nucleotide polymorphisms and microsatellites in three arid-zone mammals with high dispersal capacity. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 We evaluate landscape connectivity using two different genetic marker types across arid‐zone mammals, which are underrepresented in the landscape genetics literature. We find that topography, substrate, and soil moisture are the main environmental drivers shaping connectivity and that single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers provide finer‐detailed ...
Skey ED +3 more
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From commodity to money: The rise of silver coinage around the Ancient Mediterranean (sixth-first centuries bce). [PDF]
Archaeometry, 2021 The reasons why the Western Mediterranean, especially Carthage and Rome, resisted monetization relative to the Eastern Mediterranean are still unclear. We address this question by combining lead (Pb) and silver (Ag) isotope abundances in silver coinage from the Aegean, Magna Graecia, Carthage and Roman Republic. The clear relationships observed between
Albarède F +13 more
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Deciphering Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Towards a New Strategy for Navigation in Museums [PDF]
Sensors, 2017 This work presents a novel strategy to decipher fragments of Egyptian cartouches identifying the hieroglyphs of which they are composed. A cartouche is a drawing, usually inside an oval, that encloses a group of hieroglyphs representing the name of a ...
Jaime Duque-Domingo +3 more
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The Minoan Thera eruption predates Pharaoh Ahmose: Radiocarbon dating of Egyptian 17th to early 18th Dynasty museum objects. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe huge volcanic eruption at Thera (Santorini), situated in the Aegean Sea, occurred within the Late Minoan IA archaeological period. However, its temporal association with Egyptian history has long been a controversial subject.
Hendrik J Bruins +1 more
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THE INSCRIPTIONS OF THE SECOND PYLON OF RAMESSES II AT ABYDOS [PDF]
Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2021 نقوش الصرح الثانى للملك رعمسيس الثانى فى أبيدوس يتناول البحث وصف وترجمة النصوص المدونة على جدران الصرح الثانى لمعبد الملك رعمسيس الثانى والذي شيد على مبعده 300 متر شمال غرب معبد والده ولقد ...
Ahmed Amin Selim
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ANALYTIC STUDY OF TWO STELAE OF IMN-M-HAT-SNB* [PDF]
Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2022 دراسة تحليلية للوحتين لـ آمون-إم-حات-سنب ...
Mohsen Eltoukhy
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LATE MIDDLE KINGDOM FUNERARY STELA OF intf iqr anxw AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM (EA563) [PDF]
Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2023 [AR] لوحة جنائزية من أواخر الأسرة الثانية عشرة لأنتف إقر عنخو تعود هذه اللوحة الجنائزية قيد الدراسة إلى إنتف إقرعنخو ...
Bassem Mohamed
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THREE LATE PERIOD STELAE IN THE GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM [PDF]
Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2022 ثلاث لوحات من العصر المتأخر محفوظة بالمتحف المصرى الكبير [Ar] تعرض هذه الورقة البحثية ثلاث لوحات مستديرة القمة من أبيدوس.
Marwa Ewais, Hanan Rabia
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