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The conceptualisation of morality in ancient religions at the hand of the Gilgamesh Epic

Verbum et Ecclesia
This article addressed ‘The conceptualisation of morality in ancient religions at the hand of the Gilgamesh Epic’. After pointing out that ancient languages do not have words for neither morality nor religion, I discussed the following incidents in the ...
Gerda de Villiers
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The origin and type of Rajaz between the ancients and moderns

مجلة كلية الفقه, 2007
Al- Rajaz is a popular poetic art express the individuals` needs in the desert for a period of time as a first stage of poetry. It expressed, according to al-Jahiz, which was not intended by the classical Arabic poet, but it was motivated by intuition ...
Dr. Suham Kazim Jaber Al-Najm
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‘Turkeys Cannot Vote for Christmas’: Why Epistemic Disobedience in an Anti‐Black World Matters

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Never in the history of global coloniality has the idea of epistemic disobedience been as important as in the 21st century. This is not only because the struggle for decolonisation has shifted from physical confrontation between the coloniser and the colonised into a battle of ideas but also because the former has deployed the idea of ...
Morgan Ndlovu
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Uniqueness of convex ancient solutions to mean curvature flow in higher dimensions

, 2019
In this paper, we consider noncompact ancient solutions to the mean curvature flow in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ ($n \geq 3$) which are strictly convex, uniformly two-convex, and noncollapsed.
Brendle, S., Choi, K.
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The restoration of ecological interactions: plant-pollinator networks on ancient and restored heathlands [PDF]

, 2008
1. Attempts to restore damaged ecosystems usually emphasize structural aspects of biodiversity, such as species richness and abundance. An alternative is to emphasize functional aspects, such as patterns of interaction between species.
Anonymous, Barabási, Bascompte, Buzna, Cairns, Dicks, Dobson, Dunne, Ehrenfeld, Ehrenfeld, Fortuna, Forup, Gathmann, Gibson, Gilbert, Janzen, Jordano, Jordano, Jordano, Jordano, Kearns, Kearns, Kearns, Lundgren, Memmott, Memmott, Memmott, Montalvo, Nabhan, Palmer, Potts, Rose, Steffan-Dewenter, Steffan-Dewenter, Tanizawa, Thomas, Tscharntke, Usher, Vázquez, Vázquez, Waser, Webb, Webb, Westerkamp, White, Williams, Young   +46 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Ancient fossil specimens of extinct species are genetically more distant to an outgroup than extant sister species are [PDF]

, 2008
There exists a remarkable correlation between genetic distance and time of species divergence as inferred from fossil records. This observation has provoked the molecular clock hypothesis.
Shi Huang
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Sitting in Many Camps—Innovative Approaches and Methods for First Nations‐Led Research Into Indigenous Peacebuilding

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop, Alysoun Boyle, Tania Sourdin, Bin Li   +3 more
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Reconnecting a Fragmented Monument through Digital Mapping: The City Walls of Athens

Studies in Digital Heritage, 2019
The fortifications of Athens have been a recurrent theme of archaeological investigation. In the past two centuries, parts of the walls have been located during rescue interventions at numerous sites in the urban fabric. At present, the visibility of the
Markos Katsianis, Stamatina Lampraki, Anna-Maria Theocharaki, Maria Pigaki, Leda Costaki, Evantia Papaefthimiou   +5 more
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A Roman Dodecahedron for measuring distance [PDF]

, 2012
Here I am discussing a possible use of a Roman Dodecahedron, a bronze artifact of gallo-roman origin, for measuring distance. A dodecahedron, found at Jublains, the ancient Nouiodunum, dating from the 2nd or 3rd century AD, is used to create a model ...
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
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