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Regional onset of Holocene drying period estimated from sand deposit analyses in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1106-1119, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Desertification in North Africa has progressed rapidly over the past 6000 years. The occupation of Egypt by the Achaemenid Persians and Romans occurred even in hyperarid climates. Understanding the process of environmental changes on a regional scale may improve knowledge of how people developed technologies and adapted to the natural ...
Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kamei
wiley   +1 more source

Megjegyzések Prokopios „perzsa történeteihez” (De bellis I, 2–6) [PDF]

, 2015
Történeti műve bevezetŐjének végén Prokopios vázolja a bizánciak és a perzsák kapcsolatának történetét. A mű ezen részét (De bellis I, 2–6), mely anekdotába illŐ epizódokból, mesékbŐl és kitalált történetekbŐl áll, a kutatók a történeti hitelességet ...
Mészáros, Tamás
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More Than a Game: Football and Ethnic Contestation in Contemporary Iran

Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 4, Fall 2025.
ABSTRACT This study examines a particular form of ethnic resentment, namely the use of sport as a medium for expressing repressed ethnic feelings. It focuses on how a sports club, going beyond mere entertainment and athletics, becomes a center for disseminating ethnic sentiments. Specifically, it explores the role of Tractor, a football club founded in
Ehsan Kashfi
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Les communautés grecques en Babylonie (viie – iiie s. av. J.-C.)

Pallas, 2012
Aux époques néo-assyrienne (728-626 av. J.-C.) et néo-babylonienne (626-539 av. J.-C.), la présence de communautés grecques en Babylonie semble avoir été principalement le résultat de déportations.
Julien Monerie
doaj   +1 more source

Alexander III’s Empire: Macedonian, Achaemenid or Oecumenic Greek? [PDF]

Studia Hercynia, 2021
In less than twelve years (334–323 BC) Alexander the Great built a vast empire stretching from Macedon in the West to Ancient India in the East. Alexander united the then known world and its different populations under a single political institution, but
Guendalina D.M. Taietti
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The Architecture of Large Kurgans of the Scythians and Their Periphery: A Challenge for Magnetometer Prospections in the Eurasian Steppe Belt

Archaeological Prospection, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 507-524, July/September 2025.
ABSTRACT The burial mounds of the early Iron Age, which we will refer to below as kurgans, from the nomadic equestrian warriors of Eurasia, form a very complex group of archaeological monuments. Archaeological excavations in Aržan 2 (Siberia) and Aleksandropol (Ukraine) show that the large burial mounds are complex architectural constructions.
Jörg W. E. Fassbinder, Anton Gass
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The Frataraka of Persis

Karanos
This article aims to survey the sources on the Frataraka to examine their historical role. Initially, we will provide a concise overview of the academic community's contributions and the status quaestionis, presenting the primary testimonies available ...
Raúl Navas-Moreno
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Formation of the premier foundations of globalization in Achaemenid period with a religious approach [PDF]

پژوهش های تاریخی, 2015
In this article it is tried to show how the emersion of Zoroaster's religious thoughts, created new concepts in political thoughts and power relations in Iran. Although this process had been emerged in the light of common interests and common enemy among
Esmaeil Sangari, Alireza Karbasi
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Material Profiling of Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals by Raman Spectroscopy

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Volume 56, Issue 3, Page 228-242, March 2025.
Mesopotamian cylinder seals (fourth ‐ first millennium bce) from the collection of Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg were non‐destructively studied by Raman spectroscopy were non‐destructively studied by Raman spectroscopy. The Raman spectral analysis identified the mineral constituents and quantitatively determined the chemical compositions of the
Stylianos Aspiotis, Albert Dietz, Zsombor Földi, Frank Hildebrandt, Jochen Schlüter, Boriana Mihailova   +5 more
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Male homoerotic practices in Achaemenid Persia: an overview

Archai: Revista de Estudos sobre as Origens do Pensamento Ocidental
Descriptions of Ancient Persian male homoeroticism come mainly from Classical sources, which, however, seem to present divergent testimonies regarding this practice.
Matheus Treuk Medeiros de Araujo
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