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Mushaf, 2022 A talisman is anything that is believed to have power and is also believed to be an heirloom with magical powers that can help solve various life problems. In its classification, amulets are divided into syar’i and non-syar’i amulets.
Muhammad Syahrul Akbar
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Anthropomorphic amulets from Viminacium [PDF]
Starinar, 2020 The paper focuses on a group of five anthropomorphic pendants, deposited in graves of sub-adult and female individuals, discovered in cemeteries of ancient Viminacium (Serbia).
Milovanović Bebina D. +1 more
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Chemistry – A European Journal, EarlyView.Homo‐ and heterodinuclear group 4 metallocene complexes of the type [(Cp2M)2(μ‐Me)(μ‐C2R)] (M = Ti, Zr) are active catalysts for the polymerization of ethylene in the presence of aluminium‐free activators. The catalytically active species are proposed to have dinuclear character and depending on the type of activator, unique reactivity was observed ...
Hanan Al Hamwi +8 more
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Journal of Religion in Africa, 1987 The Berti live in the Province of North Darfur in the Sudan. They are sedentary people whose main livelihood is based on rain cultivation and animal husbandry (for more details on the Berti see Holy 1974). For several centuries the Berti have spoken their own dialect of the Arabic language.
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The Knot in Examples of Religious Texts [PDF]
Shedet, 2019 The knot was one of the most important symbols in ancient Egyptian texts, including the Pyramid texts, coffin texts or the Book of the Dead. This paper looks closely at the knot in Ancient Egyptian texts.
Rania Abdel Aziz MAHMOUD
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Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, EarlyView.An interdisciplinary in situ study of jewelled reliquaries of the True Cross integrates gemmology and portable analytical techniques, revealing new evidence on the identification and symbolic role of peridots and other gemstones. ABSTRACT Jewelled crosses containing relics of the True Cross occupy a central position in the devotional, artistic and ...
Stefania Martiniello +2 more
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Cult of the amulets in Southeast Asia: origin, function and transformation [PDF]
, 2014 The cult of amulets in Southeast Asia is a controversial point that has, due to the recent renewed interest in these objects, become a popular topic of discussion by Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike.
Armer, C.
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Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2022 The South Scandinavian chair pendants of the late Viking Age form a famous and much debated find category. They have been associated with the cult of Odin as well as female seeresses. However, their find contexts clearly link the amulets intimately to a
Mads Dengsø Jessen +1 more
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Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and design elements and thinking from them, into public sector work.
David Threlfall, Catherine Althaus
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Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2016 The article provides some basic facts and updates on the gold foil figures and also questions certain aspects of Baastrups interpretation. Attention is drawn to the importance of the complex iconographic content of the gold foils.
Margrethe Watt
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