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Hermes-Thoth on magical gems and amulets [PDF]
, 2020 This paper examines ancient glyptics that provide evidence for the merging of the cults of Thoth, the Egyptian god of wisdom and writing, and Graeco-Roman Hermes/Mercury.
Gołyźniak, Paweł
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Imported and locally manufactured jewellery in the Cimmerian Bosporus in the late 6th— 5thCenturies BCE [PDF]
Материалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового ПричерноморьяThis article is devoted to the publication and analysis of gold, electrum and silver jewellery dating from the late 6thto the end of the 5thcenturies BCE, found in the territory of the Cimmerian Bosporus.
Treister, M.
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Amulet Featuring the Image a Holy Rider from the South-Western Crimea
Античная древность и средние века, 2022 The bronze pendant in question in the form of a fine shield was discovered in the south-western Crimea, in the vicinity of mediaeval Cherson. Its front side depicts a holy rider piercing a demon with a cross; the first words of Psalm 90 (according to ...
Elzara Aiderovna Khairedinova
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Development of Flame Retarded Battery Casings Using Glass Fiber‐Reinforced Epoxy Resin
Polymer Composites, EarlyView.Development of flame retarded battery casings using glass fiber‐reinforced epoxy resin by exploiting the synergistic action of APP and TiO2 to promote the formation of a coherent ceramic‐phosphate char layer. ABSTRACT This study investigates the development of glass fiber‐reinforced epoxy resin composites with enhanced fire performance for application ...
Ákos Pomázi +4 more
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Ekaterina Boldyreva, About Amulets
, 2018 Ekaterina says that amulets should be worn around neck. She herself has an amulet from Tibet. She contends that her amulet protects her well and that when she does not wear it she feels emptiness.
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Two Unpublished Magical Amulets in Ankara
Gephyra, 2020 The recent synthesis of Roman-period amulets by C. A. Faraone has highlighted the signifi-cance of such artefacts in strategies of personal and group protection and healing throughout Greek and Roman antiquity.
Melih Arslan +2 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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Dordzhi Barkhaev, about amulets
, 2019 Dordzhi talks about two kinds of amulets: When twins were born, especially if they were a boy and a girl, people performed a ritual aimed at separating them. It was done as follows: A mantra was scribbled on a piece of paper.
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Protection of Children? A Case Study from the Early Iron Age Cemetery of Quattro Fontanili, Veii [PDF]
Studia Hercynia, 2018 The paper deals with artefacts with a possible apotropaic function from the Early Iron Age cemetery of Quattro Fontanili at Veii. I have analysed mostly various types of pendants and beads that could have had – besides their ornamental function – also a ...
Katarína Hladíková
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Hair-Snakes. To the Issue of the Semantics of Byzantine Phylacteries with “Hystera”
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2019 Introduction. The article is devoted to analyzing the specific type of Byzantine phylacteries (amulets), which are a vivid manifestation of folk beliefs that combine pagan, magical and Christian components.
Nikolay D. Barabanov
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