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Lebanese Cedar, Skeuomorphs, Coffins, and Status in Ancient Egypt
ArtsIn ancient Egypt, as with many cultures, funerary objects often communicated aspects of access, power, and social status. Lebanese cedar, for instance, was selected as a particularly desirable material from which to craft the coffins of Egypt’s upper ...
Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod
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Smart Cities, Urban Transportation and Air Quality: A Decade of Literature on Italian Largest Cities
Journal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Traffic congestion and its associated negative impacts on economic performance and environmental sustainability, particularly air quality, have long plagued urban centers. This article reviews the technologies and policies adopted by major Italian cities to address these issues, focusing on interventions from 2014 to 2024. Through a keyword co‐
Vittoria Iannuzzi, Matteo Migheli
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The Epic of Pabuji ki par in Performance [PDF]
, 2010 Dr Wickett is an independent scholar and filmmaker specialising in the study of oral traditions, folk epics and belief systems in Upper Egypt from the perspective of the ethnography of speaking, poetics and gender. A fervent advocate of the importance of
Wickett, Elizabeth
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Rethinking the Process of Animal Mummification in Ancient Egypt: Molecular Characterization of Embalming Material and the Use of Brassicaceae Seed Oil in the Mummification of Gazelle Mummies from Kom Mereh, Egypt. [PDF]
Molecules, 2022 Marković M +4 more
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Settler Sociology: Eugenic Responses to Imperial Crises in the 20th Century
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the twentieth century, academic concerns about changes in the racial demographics of the United States emanated from the potential crisis of settler colonial decline. In their references to previous empires, stories of contact between people groups, and changes in demographics, settler scholars worked to provide solutions to the ever ...
Heidi Nicholls
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, 2019 The era of the 25th Dynasty during the eighth and seventh centuries BCE witnessed the annexation of Egypt by kings from the neighboring land of Kush. The phrase “Twenty-fifth Dynasty” may therefore refer to either this family of royals, the state they ...
Pope, Jeremy
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Historical Perspectives on Deglobalization's Drivers, Outcomes, and Managerial Responses
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The deglobalization process experienced in the early 2020s is not without precedent. This Special Issue leverages business history as a lens to generate new insights and to uncover previously hidden complexities and nuances. Studying previous periods of deglobalization and their varying drivers, outcomes, and responses, the papers in this ...
Andrew Smith +3 more
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Journal of Sleep Research, Volume 34, Issue 2, April 2025.Summary Dreaming, a common yet mysterious cognitive phenomenon, is an involuntary process experienced by individuals during sleep. Although the fascination with dreams dates back to ancient times and gained therapeutic significance through psychoanalysis in the early twentieth century, its scientific investigation only gained momentum with the ...
Carlotta Mutti +2 more
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Codex Sinaiticus as a Window into Early Christian Worship [PDF]
, 2014 Codex Sinaiticus is the oldest and most complete New Testament in Greek known to exist. Its two colophons at the end of 2 Esdras and Esther indicate a possible connection with Pamphilus’ famous library at Caesarea in Palestine.
Mitchell, Timothy N
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