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X-ray spectroscopy study on Thai amulet of Phra Kru Nadune [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2022 Thai Amulets are found in many forms in Thailand. They have been made by many different ethnic groups with different traditions. Phra Kru Nadune is one of the important amulets created in Dvaravati period that has been found at Nadune district ...
Won-in Krit +4 more
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A medley of mummies from Deir el-Bahari [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2018 The results of radiographic and visual examinations of four mummies originating from Deir el-Bahari, now kept in different museums throughout Egypt, are presented here.
Salima Ikram +3 more
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Journal for Religion, Film and Media, 2021 This article examines illustrations of the zodiac signs on birth amulets from German- Jewish printing houses from the 18th century. These woodcuts are part of a long tradition of astrological references in Jewish art and literature. However, the amulet
Meininghaus, Alisha
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Magical Objects, Magical Writing: Amulets Across the Ages
Martor, 2023 This note focuses on recent discussions on gemstone amulets from Late Antiquity through insights offered in two contributions to the volume Textual Amulets from Antiquity to Early Modern Times: The Shape of Words (Theis and Vitellozzi 2022).
Hajnalka Tamás
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Ritual curse in Egypt during prehistoric and early dynastic Periods طقوس اللعنة ومظاهرها في مصر خلال عصور ما قبل التاريخ والعصور المبكرة [PDF]
Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2021 الملخص: تُعد اللعنة نوعاً من أنواع إنزال العقاب أو الحرمان الإلهي؛ وذلك عن طريق القيام ببعض الممارسات والطقوس التي من شأنها إلحاق الأذى بشخص معين إما بطريقة مباشرة أو بطريقة غير مباشرة بحيث ينال المُذنب والمُعتدي عقوبة اللعن على أفعاله. عُرفت طقوس
dr/Zainab Abd Eltwab Riyad
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Кавказология, 2023 The article examines objects from the Russian Ethnographic Museum’s collection, the primary purposes of which are protective. The collection of things with defensive or protective properties dates back to the first museum excursions to the Caucasus and ...
Ritsa Sh. Zelnitskaya
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HIMALAYA, 2023 This article explores the use of amulets on children’s bodies, drawing on empirical examples from Mugum in western Nepal and theoretical insights from anthropology of personhood, kinship and infrastructure.
Heidi E. Fjeld, Inger K. Vasstveit
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Revisiting the ‘Valkyries’: Armed Females in Viking Age Figurative Metalwork
Current Swedish Archaeology, 2022 This paper offers an in-depth exploration of a group of small Viking Age figurines commonly referred to as ‘valkyries’ in Viking and Old Norse scholarship.
Leszek Gardela, Peter Pentz, Neil Price
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Finger Rings with the Image of Archangel Michael of the Late 6th – 7th Centuries from Crimea
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2019 Introduction. In the Early Middle Ages, Crimea was in the sphere of influence of the Eastern Roman Empire. In the material culture of the Early Medieval population of Crimea imprinted with archaeological monuments “Byzantine components” are quite clearly
Elzara A. Khairedinova
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Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2022 In the culture of the ancient Livonians and Russians there was a particular group of pendants in the shape of household utensils, mostly made of copper alloys.
Roberts Spirgis +2 more
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